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From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 5 Jan 2022 11:37:02 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0000/2297] [ANNOUNCE, RFC] "Fast Kernel Headers" Tree -v1:
 Eliminate the Linux kernel's "Dependency Hell"
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
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        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
        Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 4:08 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 6:12 AM Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:

...

> Most of the patches should be the same either way (adding back
> missing includes to drivers, and doing cleanups to commonly
> included headers to avoid the deep nesting), the interesting bit
> will be how to properly define the larger structures without pulling
> in the rest of the world.

I'm wondering if the compiler can provide us the statistics of usage
on a per custom type basis. In this case the highest frequency will
probably mean that we better have that type in a separate header or
tree of _independent_ headers.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko