Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] Input: matrix_keypad - replace header inclusions by forward declarations

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 04:02:56PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 10/29/22 15:28, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 07:25:51AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 09:46:32PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > When the data structure is only referred by pointer, compiler may not need
> > > > to see the contents of the data type. Thus, we may replace header inclusions
> > > > by respective forward declarations.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >   include/linux/input/matrix_keypad.h | 5 +++--
> > > >   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/include/linux/input/matrix_keypad.h b/include/linux/input/matrix_keypad.h
> > > > index 9476768c3b90..b8d8d69eba29 100644
> > > > --- a/include/linux/input/matrix_keypad.h
> > > > +++ b/include/linux/input/matrix_keypad.h
> > > > @@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
> > > >   #define _MATRIX_KEYPAD_H
> > > >   #include <linux/types.h>
> > > > -#include <linux/input.h>
> > > 
> > > Possibly, but may other drivers rely on those includes.
> > > This results in widespread build failures such as
> > > 
> > > Building arm:allmodconfig ... failed
> > > --------------
> > > Error log:
> > > In file included from include/linux/input/samsung-keypad.h:12,
> > >                   from arch/arm/mach-s3c/keypad.h:12,
> > >                   from arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-crag6410.c:57:
> > > arch/arm/mach-s3c/mach-crag6410.c:183:19: error: 'KEY_VOLUMEUP' undeclared here
> > 
> > I fixed this particular instance, hopefully it is one of the very
> > last of them...
> > 
> 
> Sorry, I didn't bother listing all of them. There is at least one more.
> 
> Error log:
> arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c:410:11: error: 'EV_PWR' undeclared here (not in a function)
>   410 |   .type = EV_PWR,
>       |           ^~~~~~
> 
> with arm:pxa_defconfig.

Ah, I see. Arnd is trying to delete bunch of PXA code, so I'll pull the
header change until after he merges his, and hopefully spitz will be
gone.

Do you have more examples by chance?

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry