Re: [PATCH] locking/mutex: Remove repeated declaration

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Mar 23 2021 - 07:25:04 EST



* Shaokun Zhang <zhangshaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Commit 0cd39f4600ed ("locking/seqlock, headers: Untangle the spaghetti monster")
> introduces 'struct ww_acquire_ctx' again, remove the repeated declaration.
>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Shaokun Zhang <zhangshaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/mutex.h | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
> index 0cd631a19727..d80c0e22c822 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mutex.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
> @@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
> #include <linux/osq_lock.h>
> #include <linux/debug_locks.h>
>
> -struct ww_acquire_ctx;
> -
> /*
> * Simple, straightforward mutexes with strict semantics:
> *

Please also group the pre-declarations together, that's the canonical
pattern we use in headers.

I.e. have something like this at the top:

struct ww_class;
struct ww_acquire_ctx;

Thanks,

Ingo