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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:28:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
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Subject: Re: list_head makes me crazy
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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Frank Cornelis wrote:

> HELP,
>
> In include/asm-i386/processor.h, struct thread_struct I can add
> 	struct list_head *mylist;
> but not
> 	struct list_head mylist;
> while in both cases
> 	#include <linux/list.h>
> is being used.
>
> I really need this, so if anyone has the solution to my problem...
>
> Thanks in advance, Frank.

It a cross includes problem and you can declare a pointer to something
coz the pointer has a fixed size while the full struct is prohibited
because its size is unknown.




- Davide


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