> David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> hat am 24. Mai 2017 um 21:41 geschrieben: > > > From: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:12:37 +0200 > > > Most of the includes in qca_7k.c are unnecessary so we better remove them. > > > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.c | 4 ---- > > 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.c > > index f0066fb..557d53c 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k.c > > @@ -23,11 +23,7 @@ > > * kernel-based SPI device. > > */ > > > > -#include <linux/init.h> > > -#include <linux/module.h> > > -#include <linux/moduleparam.h> > > #include <linux/spi/spi.h> > > -#include <linux/version.h> > > > > #include "qca_7k.h" > > > > -- > > 2.1.4 > > > > Changes like this drive me crazy. > > The only reason you can remove those headers is because you are obtaining > things indirectly via qca_7k.h > > And if that is indeed the case, you are also getting qca_spi.h which > in turn includes linux/spi/spi.h > > So you could have removed that as well. > > But seriously, it is so much harder to understand a driver and what > interfaces it needs via header files when you hide _all_ of it behind > these local private header files which just include _everything_ > and then _every_ foo.c file in your driver gets _all_ of those kernel > headers whether they need it or not. > > So if just one foo.c file needs 20 extra kernel headers than the rest > of the files in the driver, every foo.c file eats that cost of > including them. > > I really don't like when drivers move in this direction for that > reason. And at best, as described at the beginning of my response, > this change is incomplete. > The intension of this change wasn't to hide the includes into qca_7k.h AFAIK these ones above aren't necessary (no init, no kernel module, no kernel parameter, no kernel version) for this C file. So i will double check it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
