[PATCH 2/2] module: Bring includes in linux/kmod.h up to date

Aaron Tomlin atomlin at atomlin.com
Fri Jul 10 13:57:55 UTC 2026


On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 05:44:30PM +0200, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> Including linux/kmod.h alone results in 1.5 MB of preprocessed output, even
> though it provides only a few functions and macros.
> 
> The header currently depends on:
> 
> * __printf() -> linux/compiler_attributes.h,
> * ENOSYS -> linux/errno.h,
> * bool -> linux/types.h.
> 
> Include only these files, reducing the preprocessed output to 10 kB.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu at suse.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/kmod.h | 12 ++----------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kmod.h b/include/linux/kmod.h
> index 9a07c3215389..b9474a62a568 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kmod.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kmod.h
> @@ -2,17 +2,9 @@
>  #ifndef __LINUX_KMOD_H__
>  #define __LINUX_KMOD_H__
>  
> -/*
> - *	include/linux/kmod.h
> - */
> -
> -#include <linux/umh.h>
> -#include <linux/gfp.h>
> -#include <linux/stddef.h>
> +#include <linux/compiler_attributes.h>
>  #include <linux/errno.h>
> -#include <linux/compiler.h>
> -#include <linux/workqueue.h>
> -#include <linux/sysctl.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
>  /* modprobe exit status on success, -ve on error.  Return value
> -- 
> 2.54.0
> 

LGTM. Thank you.

Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin at atomlin.com>
-- 
Aaron Tomlin



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