linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] modpost: Fix modpost's license checking V2

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Message-ID: <CAFziu1EYYN6imDijo7E_raOfdXfWAMzfJL5OursSBAYk8Wdywg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:35:11 -0400
From:	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@...lice.com>
To:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
Cc:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	Kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] modpost: Fix modpost's license checking V2

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 14:15, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com> wrote:
> modpost is an host tool, it should not include kernel header. Content
> of this file is not exported to userland anyway.

My point was more that you might as well reuse the same name and
probably the same code so that people don’t have to look carefully at
a new macro to decide whether it’s off-by-one from what they expect.

Anders
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