Re: [PATCH 2/6] staging: lustre: remove libcfs/linux/libcfs.h

[NeilBrown]

On Mon, Apr 16 2018, James Simmons wrote:

>> This include file is only included in one place,
>> and only contains a list of other include directives.
>> So just move all those to the place where this file
>> is included, and discard the file.
>> 
>> One include directive uses a local name ("linux-cpu.h"), so
>> that needs to be given a proper path.
>> 
>> Probably many of these should be remove from here, and moved to
>> just the files that need them.
>
> Nak. Dumping all the extra headers from linux/libcfs.h to libcfs.h is
> the wrong approach. The one header, libcfs.h, to be the only header
> in all lustre files is the wrong approach. I have been looking to
> unroll that mess. I have patch that I need to polish you that I can
> submit.

I think we both have the same goal - maybe just different paths to get
there.  If you have something nearly ready to submit, I'm happy to wait
for it, then proceed on top of it.

Thanks,
NeilBrown

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