Re: [PATCH 2/2] hwmon: Use struct definitions from header files

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Fri Aug 26 2022 - 08:23:55 EST


On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 11:43:41PM +0200, Armin Wolf wrote:
> The structs attribute_group and device are provided
> by linux/sysfs.h and linux/device.h.
> Use those definitions.
>

No. The limited definitions are on purpose, meaning the details
are not needed in this header file and that drivers using the
structures must include the necessary files directly. That is what
struct declarations without details are to be used for in C, and
there is neither a desire nor need to change that code.

Guenter

> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/hwmon.h | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/hwmon.h b/include/linux/hwmon.h
> index 281387ee03bc..e8acc35af12d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hwmon.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hwmon.h
> @@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
> #define _HWMON_H_
>
> #include <linux/bitops.h>
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> #include <linux/err.h>
> #include <linux/errno.h>
> #include <linux/kconfig.h>
> -
> -struct device;
> -struct attribute_group;
> +#include <linux/sysfs.h>
>
> enum hwmon_sensor_types {
> hwmon_chip,
> --
> 2.30.2
>