Re: [PATCH] kfifo: don't include dma-mapping.h in kfifo.h

[Jiri Slaby]

On 15. 10. 24, 9:56, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 09:53:52AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > > DMA_MAPPING_ERROR is never used by kfifo.h itself.  It is used
> > > by user of the header that instanciate one of the macros that use
> > > it.
> >
> > Well, I don't understand. Looking at:
> > #define kfifo_dma_in_prepare(fifo, sgl, nents, len) \
> >          kfifo_dma_in_prepare_mapped(fifo, sgl, nents, len,
> > DMA_MAPPING_ERROR)
> >
> > You'd have to include dma-mapping.h if you used this macro.
>
> Yes, obviously.
>
> > Even though you
> > do not explicitly use any other def from the dma header.
>
> Sure.
>
> > Well, this is not a definition of self-containment.
>
> Yes, it is the exact definition of it.

Then it depends on which one, apparently.

So I disagree, but I don't mind either (meaning: I don't oppose to the 
patch any longer either).

> > If you use every macro
> > from a header and it does not need any other include, then it is
> > self-contained.
>
> No, that goes way beyond the self containedness.  In fact these days
> the main reason to use macros is exactly to avoid these kinds of
> dependencies.


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