Re: [PATCH] include linux/fs.h in linux/cdev.h for struct inode

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Jan 19 2007 - 14:16:14 EST


On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:54:07 -0600 Noah Watkins wrote:

> ---
> include/linux/cdev.h | 1 +
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/cdev.h b/include/linux/cdev.h
> index f309b00..b53e2a0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cdev.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cdev.h
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
> #include <linux/kobject.h>
> #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
> #include <linux/list.h>
> +#include <linux/fs.h>
>
> struct cdev {
> struct kobject kobj;
> --

You can just do this forward declaration instead:

struct inode;

since no struct members are used/needed.

This cuts down on #include spider webs & nests.

---
~Randy
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