Re: [PATCH 02/10] UAPI: Make uapi/linux/irqnr.h non-empty

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Oct 17 2012 - 10:47:52 EST


On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:15 PM, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> uapi/linux/irqnr.h was emitted by the UAPI disintegration script as an empty
> file because the parent linux/irqnr.h had no UAPI stuff in it, despite being
> marked with "header-y".

> --- a/include/uapi/linux/irqnr.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/irqnr.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> +/*
> + * There isn't anything here anymore, but the file must not be empty or patch
> + * will delete it.
> + */

Wouldn't it be better to just have include guards in those otherwise
empty files?

If someone needs to add something to such a file, the include guards are needed
anyway (but may be forgotten), and the comment should be deleted as well
(which may also be forgotten).

BTW, is "#pragma once" allowed these days? It seems we already have one
user in drivers/staging/bcm/CmHost.h.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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