linux-kernel - Re: [RFC -next] linux/linkage.h: fix symbol prefix handling

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Date:	Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:07:31 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org, linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC -next] linux/linkage.h: fix symbol prefix handling

Hi Rusty,

On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:05:17 +1030 Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:
>
> diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
> index 600494c..cd0f7c7 100644
> --- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
> @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
> -config SYMBOL_PREFIX
> -	string
> -	default "_"
> +config SYMBOL_PREFIX_UNDERSCORE
> +	def_bool y

Please, if you are going to do this, just have

config SYMBOL_PREFIX_UNDERSCORE
	bool

in one Kconfig file (probably arch/Kconfig) and then select it from the
appropriate architecture Kconfig files.  You could even put a help text
on it to explain why a new architecture may need to select it.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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