linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] dynamic_debug: consolidate repetitive struct

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Date:	Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:35:44 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>, gregkh@...e.de,
	jim.cromie@...il.com, bvanassche@....org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] dynamic_debug: consolidate repetitive struct
 _ddebug descriptor definitions

On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 21:20 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> The reason the distinction matters (apart from being just wrong) is
> that sometimes we want a macro for the definition and another for the
> declaration.  DEFINE_TRACE/DECLARE_TRACE, DECLARE_LGLOCK/DEFINE_LGLOCK,
> etc.

That does not mean that these uses are not declarations
as specified by the c99 standard.  They are.

cheers, Joe

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