Re: [PATCH 1/1] headers: fix circular dependency between linux/sched.h and linux/wait.h

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On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:20 PM, David Cohen <dacohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Currently sched.h and wait.h have circular dependency between both.
> wait.h defines macros wake_up*() which use macros TASK_* defined by
> sched.h. But as sched.h indirectly includes wait.h, such wait.h header
> file can't include sched.h too. The side effect is when some file
> includes wait.h and tries to use its wake_up*() macros, it's necessary
> to include sched.h also.
> This patch moves all TASK_* macros from linux/sched.h to a new header
> file linux/task_sched.h. This way, both sched.h and wait.h can include
> task_sched.h and fix the circular dependency. No need to include sched.h
> anymore when wake_up*() macros are used.

Just include <linux/sched.h> in your driver.
This include splitting in small pieces is troublesome as well.

Why are you moving TASK_COMM_LEN?

>  include/linux/sched.h      |   61 +-----------------------------------------
>  include/linux/task_sched.h |   64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/wait.h       |    1 +
>  3 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/task_sched.h

> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> +#include <linux/task_sched.h>
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