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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/6] staging: lustre: remove libcfs/linux/libcfs.h
On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:32:01PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16 2018, James Simmons wrote:
>
> >> This include file is only included in one place,
> >> and only contains a list of other include directives.
> >> So just move all those to the place where this file
> >> is included, and discard the file.
> >>
> >> One include directive uses a local name ("linux-cpu.h"), so
> >> that needs to be given a proper path.
> >>
> >> Probably many of these should be remove from here, and moved to
> >> just the files that need them.
> >
> > Nak. Dumping all the extra headers from linux/libcfs.h to libcfs.h is
> > the wrong approach. The one header, libcfs.h, to be the only header
> > in all lustre files is the wrong approach. I have been looking to
> > unroll that mess. I have patch that I need to polish you that I can
> > submit.
>
> I think we both have the same goal - maybe just different paths to get
> there. If you have something nearly ready to submit, I'm happy to wait
> for it, then proceed on top of it.

I've taken this patch as it doesn't make anything worse than the total
mess we have now :)

thanks,

greg k-h

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