Re: [PATCH] Break out types from <linux/list.h> to <linux/list_types.h>.

[Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>]

On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 09:47:58PM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> Sounds like we have a consensus on moving the list_head, hlist_head, and
> hlist_node types to <linux/types.h>.  I assume everyone is agreed that
> initializers, etc., should stay in <linux/list.h>.  I will send out a
> revised git patch on Sunday.

Yes, I think that's reasonable.  By way of comparison, ATOMIC_INIT,
etc. stayed in atomic.h.  It makes sense -- you only need the types
for structure definitions, you don't need the initialisers.

I suppose if you have a header which defines an initialiser like sched.h
does, you'll want the list.h initialisers, but anything that complex
should be able to handle including the full list.h header.

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