Re: Linux 2.6.0-test6

From: Chris Friesen (cfriesen_at_nortelnetworks.com)
Date: 09/29/03

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    Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:08:25 -0400
To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>

    Russell King wrote:

    > If a header has something like these:
    >
    > struct my_headers_struct {
    > struct task_struct *tsk;
    > };
    >
    > void my_function(struct task_struct *tsk);
    >
    > and gcc warns that "struct task_struct" has not been declared, please
    > don't think about adding another header. Just declare the structure
    > in the header file which needs it like this:
    >
    > struct task_struct;

    If I do that, make a change to task_struct, then run make, will the file
    get rebuilt?

    Chris 

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