Re: [PATCH] Cleanup include/net/tcp.h include-files and coding-style

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:44:24 +0100 Christoph Paasch wrote:

> 
> On Monday, January 10, 2011 wrote Alexey Dobriyan:
> > >> linux/percpu_counter.h (needed for percpu_counter_sum_positive)
> > > 
> > > Yes.
> > 
> > Currently code compiles fine, so necessary headers are in place,
> > so simply adding new headers doesn't help anything.
> 
> I totally agree with you.
> However we need a consistent coding style.
> 
> Or we just include the minimum necessary headers (as originally proposed by 
> me).
> Or we include every header whose structs/functions are referenced.
> 
> In my opinion the current "mixed" state is not ok, because some includes are 
> there because there *are* references (even if these includes could be omitted, 
> e.g., linux/list.h).
> Other includes (like linux/percpu_counter.h) are not there, because they are 
> indirectly included by another header and thus the code compiles. Even if 
> there are references.
> And there are no rules/guidelines to identify the headers that should be 
> included and those that should not.

Documentation/SubmitChecklist, #1:

1: If you use a facility then #include the file that defines/declares
   that facility.  Don't depend on other header files pulling in ones
   that you use.


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~Randy
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