Re: [PATCH v8 07/16] usb: core: Move struct usb_port and related APIs to port.h

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Sat, Sep 05, 2026 at 11:19:32AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 07:52:37PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 05, 2026 at 01:24:20AM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2026 at 12:47 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 04:41:46PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> > > > > |struct usb_port| and its matching container_of() macro should live in
> > > > > its own port.h, matching the split we have for .c files.
> > > >
> > > > Why?
> > > 
> > > This was requested by Andy. And to me it sort of made sense.
> > > 
> > > > > Move them as described. Also move usb_port_is_power_on(), since in the
> > > > > next change its |struct usb_hub *| parameter will be changed to
> > > > > |struct usb_port *|, and becomes a non-static function that only
> > > > > references |struct usb_port|.
> > > >
> > > > No, please don't do that unless you have a really good reason.
> > > 
> > > Which part? Move the code?
> > 
> > Please don't make a new .h file.
> > 
> > Moving the function might make sense on its own if you need it in a
> > different file later on, but do a move only, and then change things if
> > you really need to do that.
> 
> Isn't this file to break possible circular dependencies?

If so, that was not stated here at all...