linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c: use macro to define module parameter

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Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:10:41 -0400
From:	Pranith Kumar <pranith@...ech.edu>
To:	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c: use macro to define module parameter

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Paul E. McKenney
<paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> This fails for me.  The problem is that the defined macro makes everything
> static, and rcutorture_runnable is used in kernel/sysctl.c.  :-/
>
> In theory, it would be possible to make torture_param() take "static"
> as a parameter, but this adds more characters than it removes.
>

Oh, I just tried building it as a module and it worked. In the future
I will run this both as inbuilt and as a module before sending any
patches.

Sorry for the noise!


-- 
Pranith
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