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

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On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 01:41:14PM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> This allows a list_head (or hlist_head, etc.) to be used from places
> that used to be impractical, in particular <asm/processor.h>, which
> used to cause include file recursion: <linux/list.h> includes
> <linux/prefetch.h>, which always includes <asm/processor.h> for the
> prefetch macros, as well as <asm/system.h>, which often includes
> <asm/processor.h> directly or indirectly.

Why a new header file instead of linux/types.h?

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