Re: [RFC] [Patch 1/4] statistics: no include hell for users

Martin Peschke
2007-06-07T00:32:48Z

Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 23:33 +0200, Martin Peschke wrote:
>> struct statistic_interface {
>> /* private: */
>> struct list_head list;
>> - struct dentry *debugfs_dir;
>> - struct dentry *data_file;
>> - struct dentry *def_file;
>> + void *debugfs_dir;
>> + void *data_file;
>> + void *def_file;
>
> If you don't actually dereference the pointer, you should just be able
> to declare:
>
> struct dentry;
>
> and be done with it, right? You don't _need_ the includes to have just
> pointers.

Ah, looks like an established trick in kernel include files.
I guess I can revert the other, seq_file related change then as well.
Thank you. Will change my local copy.

Martin