From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (unknown [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A676C433E0 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 03:10:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41B166199C for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 03:10:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229870AbhCUDJY (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Mar 2021 23:09:24 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45810 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229766AbhCUDJE (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Mar 2021 23:09:04 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-x732.google.com (mail-qk1-x732.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::732]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF71AC061574 for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:09:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-qk1-x732.google.com with SMTP id g15so7213669qkl.4 for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:09:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:mime-version :content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding:user-agent; bh=f/4iqXfUBBV4H6ClbQNOrfLH1q9eF+zQCEV2tH/kBis=; b=mpsvqdPdzqsotKW/gNJSoVlXq2/sYVVXTPaKvcax5EdemvbiYNtUrBunJdut6+lteB j263JhN5JzX2fvExrFBA6/lAK+nxGdqrNdvwEBh4LNI8LQRzJtqdDUwF9iyVwlaZiS+r leBpnrdMrmpsyWvxuwgmckp2u4eW0plv6qYj6Om3qq7E1erdV0LQCjR2ycGC9GceQpKY Q68UQko2YgPeRK7qO0EuZmJuZeR5WV98gRQ9xIYH7pGqD8IY/bhSJgV3DNw07aKveybO 9iHygAjW1zxj3I1vHSSXB1rOYYmn2AbL4FcHkRv58UKeAwECdB67vSTHfR5jZXBT38NU NXlg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:user-agent; bh=f/4iqXfUBBV4H6ClbQNOrfLH1q9eF+zQCEV2tH/kBis=; b=Lzw9kqCL34YHyNxdWHKWJ1wpjCcFzzUU5Wuq6at0/gVpFUGUXELx5uhClvo9JPFX4/ ef7ZKLyVMAvFVC2A0ANqm66Ou25WRhTO2CCjNKpyBW0JF4km6HsIjrGgLhiRAD+VlTP9 +eaE5R2bJbsK2Iwpj0XVCJShXYE3JIrE8YWOpl6dywkcQgmVFpSON9eLyr8sBIIAJacX 7qC5Hf5YjEcAvYGiiL54omLh6DktTQhT5FQ/HQ98vBbvMw6m7ADrKDeHEEc48uFQbmek x7o07KlEyCglBL6tMOTjOkwJJFwItokLpzcax4FCZTByra4oOY76YaZ+T0AhPAw0P/zH YqVw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533CrIb4J3JEU629qXwt5JfghztFQ5R8HtNa5WElOtX7mI4SV+7O UwZ20Y0ifEWly9GHXt4Qedv+JnhREu5stRFZ X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyP6AkE8sZMeBrWaBXjpWRvJrLcF0UnRrI27MoTani1uLYCuKandRBhTJCRUxAKWW2aePbooA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:a92:: with SMTP id v18mr5379957qkg.417.1616296142911; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:09:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian ([156.146.54.26]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q15sm6775042qti.9.2021.03.20.20.09.00 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:09:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 08:38:56 +0530 From: Bhaskar Chowdhury To: mhiramat@kernel.org Cc: LinuxKernel Subject: Bootconfig ..too many deep level of header file Message-ID: <20210321030855.GA18105@debian> Mail-Followup-To: Bhaskar Chowdhury , mhiramat@kernel.org, LinuxKernel MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hey, Masami I was wondering why so many level of "deep nesting" of a particualr header file like this one : ✔ ~/git-linux/linux/tools/bootconfig/include/linux [patch L|✔] 08:34 $ cat bootconfig.h /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ #ifndef _BOOTCONFIG_LINUX_BOOTCONFIG_H #define _BOOTCONFIG_LINUX_BOOTCONFIG_H #include "../../../../include/linux/bootconfig.h" #endif I am surely missing some basic stuff...but...anyway, I have taken a peek on other files in the same dir and none have the nesting like that(the include ../ ...line) Any specific reason? OR did you thought of keeping all the header file in one paplace(wildly guessing) ... ~Bhaskar