Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Jul 2010 13:19:11 -0600 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Break out types from <linux/list.h> to <linux/list_types.h>. |
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On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 01:41:14PM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote: > This allows a list_head (or hlist_head, etc.) to be used from places > that used to be impractical, in particular <asm/processor.h>, which > used to cause include file recursion: <linux/list.h> includes > <linux/prefetch.h>, which always includes <asm/processor.h> for the > prefetch macros, as well as <asm/system.h>, which often includes > <asm/processor.h> directly or indirectly.
Why a new header file instead of linux/types.h?
-- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step."
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