linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] selftests/x86: In syscall

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Message-ID: <CALCETrU1OxccGE9e-AY706e=ZAqggR1KeVtdY6npFwyx6SYhVA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 2016 11:03:44 -0800
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] selftests/x86: In syscall_nt, test NT|TF as well

On Mar 2, 2016 6:29 AM, "Borislav Petkov" <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 02:01:15PM +0000, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
> > int main(void) is wrong as there are passed arguments
>
> Not in this particular case - test doesn't take args.

IIRC the C standard says otherwise. main is special.

Arguably checkpatch should learn about that -- it doesn't matter for
*kernel* code, but this is a user program.  (Also, it's shamelessly
written in C99.  I figure 15 years is long enough...)