Re: [PATCH v3 treewide] headers: separate linux/mod_devicetable.h from linux/platform_device.h

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:47:28PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> At over 4000 #includes, <linux/platform_device.h> is the 9th most
> #included header file in the Linux kernel.  It does not need
> <linux/mod_devicetable.h>, so drop that header and explicitly add
> <linux/mod_devicetable.h> to source files that need it.
> 
>    4146 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> 
> After this patch, there are 225 files that use <linux/mod_devicetable.h>,
> for a reduction of around 3900 times that <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
> does not have to be read & parsed.
> 
>     225 #include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
> 
> This patch was build-tested on 20 different arch-es.
> 
> It also makes these drivers SubmitChecklist#1 compliant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> # drivers/media/platform/vimc/
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> # drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-u300.c
> ---
> v3: add fix for drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-u300.c
> v2: add fixes for drivers/media/platform/vimc/

I've queued this up now, let's see what else breaks!  :)

greg k-h