Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/base/: proper prototypes

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 04:40:11AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 07:35:32PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 04:28:08AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 06:51:47PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:32:42AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > > This patch contains the following changes:
> > > > > - move prototypes to base.h
> > > > > - sys.c should #include "base.h" for getting the prototype of it's
> > > > >   global function system_bus_init()
> > > > > 
> > > > > Note that hidden in this patch there's a bugfix:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Caller and callee disagreed regarding the return type of 
> > > > > sysdev_shutdown().
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
> > > > > 
> > > > > ---
> > > > > 
> > > > >  drivers/base/base.h           |    6 ++++++
> > > > >  drivers/base/power/resume.c   |    3 +--
> > > > >  drivers/base/power/shutdown.c |    2 +-
> > > > >  drivers/base/power/suspend.c  |    3 +--
> > > > >  drivers/base/sys.c            |    2 ++
> > > > >  5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm1-full/drivers/base/base.h.old	2006-01-18 23:17:52.000000000 +0100
> > > > > +++ linux-2.6.16-rc1-mm1-full/drivers/base/base.h	2006-01-18 23:41:33.000000000 +0100
> > > > > @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
> > > > >  
> > > > >  /* initialisation functions */
> > > > >  
> > > > > +#include <linux/device.h>
> > > > > +
> > > > 
> > > > Why is this extra #include needed?  It shouldn't be.
> > > 
> > > struct class_device and struct class_device_attribute are needed since 
> > > they are used in base.h .
> > 
> > But anyone who includes base.h will have already included this header
> > file, right?  That was my point.
> 
> drivers/base/sys.c doesn't (this is why I noticed it).

Then it would be easier to add it there, if needed, than adding it to
base.h where it will tried to be included twice for all of the other
driver core files :)

Care to redo it?

thanks,

greg k-h
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