linux-kernel - Re: kobject link failure

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:58:13 +0200
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>,
	Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@...gutronix.de>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kay.sievers@...y.org
Subject: Re: kobject link failure

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:32:21 +0200,
Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com> wrote:

> Hm, this would be an interface change (the uevent attribute used to
> exist even for !CONFIG_HOTPLUG, it just triggered nothing). How about
> moving kobject_actions[] out of the #ifdef (maybe next to
> kobject_action)?

Leaving kobject_actions[] in kobject_uevent.c, but putting it outside
the #ifdef looks indeed like the best solution to me. This way, we
avoid adding #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG into core.c, when all other
functions called do not need such a thing.


Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>

---
 lib/kobject_uevent.c |   16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.orig/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ linux-2.6/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@
 #define BUFFER_SIZE	2048	/* buffer for the variables */
 #define NUM_ENVP	32	/* number of env pointers */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
-u64 uevent_seqnum;
-char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
-#if defined(CONFIG_NET)
-static struct sock *uevent_sock;
-#endif
-
 /* the strings here must match the enum in include/linux/kobject.h */
 const char *kobject_actions[] = {
 	"add",
@@ -43,6 +35,14 @@ const char *kobject_actions[] = {
 	"offline",
 };
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
+u64 uevent_seqnum;
+char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
+#if defined(CONFIG_NET)
+static struct sock *uevent_sock;
+#endif
+
 /**
  * kobject_uevent_env - send an uevent with environmental data
  *
-
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