[PATCH 2/3] Look for include files in the directory of the including file.

[David Gibson]

On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 04:52:52PM -0600, Scott Wood wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 03:27:39PM +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> > > +	newfile = dtc_open_file(filename, searchptr);
> > > +	if (!newfile) {
> > > +		yyerrorf("Couldn't open \"%s\": %s",
> > > +		         filename, strerror(errno));
> > > +		exit(1);
> > 
> > Use die() here, that's what it's for.
> 
> die() doesn't print file and line information.
> 
> > > +	while (search) {
> > > +		if (dtc_open_one(file, search->dir, fname))
> > > +			return file;
> > 
> > Don't we need a different case here somewhere for if someone specifies
> > an include file as an absolute path?  Have I missed something?
> 
> Yeah, I forgot about that, and sent another patch to fix it when I
> noticed (jdl had already pulled, so I didn't send an amended patch).
> 
> > [snip]
> > > +struct search_path {
> > > +	const char *dir; /* NULL for current directory */
> > > +	struct search_path *prev, *next;
> > > +};
> > 
> > I wouldn't suggest a doubly linked list here.  Or at least not without
> > converting our many existing singly linked lists at the same time.
> 
> The doubly-linked list is intended to make it easier to construct search
> path lists one-at-a-time from arguments in the proper order, without
> needing to reverse the list at the end.

We've already got that problem with a bunch of the lists we create
during parsing (we have several ugly add-to-end-of-singly-linked-list
functions).  Going to doubly-linked lists might not be a bad idea, but
we should do it across the board, probably using the kernel's list.h
or something like it.

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