Re: [PATCH] Cleanup include/net/tcp.h include-files and coding-style

[Alexey Dobriyan]

2011/1/10 Christoph Paasch <christoph.paasch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> On Monday, January 10, 2011 wrote Alexey Dobriyan:
>> >> linux/percpu_counter.h (needed for percpu_counter_sum_positive)
>> >
>> > Yes.
>>
>> Currently code compiles fine, so necessary headers are in place,
>> so simply adding new headers doesn't help anything.
>
> I totally agree with you.
> However we need a consistent coding style.
>
> Or we just include the minimum necessary headers (as originally proposed by
> me).
> Or we include every header whose structs/functions are referenced.

This is false dichotomy and extreme siding.

We need code that compiles.
We need headers to include realistically minimum amount of stuff (not
#include lines,
but stuff)

> In my opinion the current "mixed" state is not ok, because some includes are
> there because there *are* references (even if these includes could be omitted,
> e.g., linux/list.h).
> Other includes (like linux/percpu_counter.h) are not there, because they are
> indirectly included by another header and thus the code compiles. Even if
> there are references.
> And there are no rules/guidelines to identify the headers that should be
> included and those that should not.

That because the issue not that important. :-)
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