Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] lib/rhashtable: Replace kernel.h with the necessary inclusions

[Herbert Xu]

On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 12:51:28PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> When kernel.h is used in the headers it adds a lot into dependency hell,
> especially when there are circular dependencies are involved.
> 
> Replace kernel.h inclusion with the list of what is really being used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  lib/rhashtable.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
> index a422c7dd9126..01502cf77564 100644
> --- a/lib/rhashtable.c
> +++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
> @@ -12,9 +12,13 @@
>   */
>  
>  #include <linux/atomic.h>
> +#include <linux/bit_spinlock.h>
>  #include <linux/container_of.h>
> -#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/export.h>
>  #include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/jhash.h>
> +#include <linux/lockdep.h>
>  #include <linux/log2.h>
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>  #include <linux/rculist.h>

Nack.  I can see the benefits of splitting things out of kernel.h
but there is no reason to add crap to end users like rhashtable.c.

Thanks,
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