linux-kernel - Re: [RFC: Style] Kernel coding style for Extended Attributes.

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Message-ID: <20090603193918.GF3100@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:39:18 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	"Michael S. Zick" <lkml@...ethan.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC: Style] Kernel coding style for Extended Attributes.

On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:11:47PM -0500, Michael S. Zick wrote:
> On Wed June 3 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 3 Jun 2009, Michael S. Zick wrote:
> > > 
> > > Is there a recommended style for the kernel source?
> > 
> > I think the recommended style is:
> > 
> >   "Hide them behind a macro so that they never show up in the source".
> >
> 
> That seems to be the general consensus in (/by) practice.

Use __section() to define a section.
See init.h for usage and compiler.h for definition.

	Sam
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