Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2] net: don't include filter.h from net/sock.h

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 09:20:12AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:33:39 -0800 Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > It would be nice if we used the number of files rebuilt because of a 
> > header file change as another metric that the kernel is evaluated with 
> > from release to release (or even on a commit by commit basis). Food for 
> > thought.
> 
> Maybe Andy has some thoughts, he has been working on dropping
> unnecessary includes of kernel.h, it seems.

With this [1] announcement I believe Ingo is the best to tell you if this is a
right direction.

> It'd be cool to plug something that'd warn us about significant
> increases in dependencies into the patchwork build bot.
> 
> I have one more small series which un-includes uapi/bpf.h from
> netdevice.h at which point I hope we'll be largely in the clear 
> from build bot performance perspective.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YdIfz+LMewetSaEB@gmail.com/T/#u

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko