linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] jump_labels: Allow array initialisers

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Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:24:18 +0100
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Suzuki.Poulose@....com,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>,
        Dave P Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] jump_labels: Allow array initialisers

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 06:26:31PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/static-keys.txt b/Documentation/static-keys.txt
> index 477927becacb..fd490f8b1cfa 100644
> --- a/Documentation/static-keys.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/static-keys.txt
> @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ The updated API replacements are:
>  
>  DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(key);
>  DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(key);
> +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_ARRAY_TRUE(keys, count);
> +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_ARRAY_FALSE(keys, count);
>  static_branch_likely()
>  static_branch_unlikely()
>  
> @@ -140,6 +142,12 @@ static_branch_inc(), will change the branch back to true. Likewise, if the
>  key is initialized false, a 'static_branch_inc()', will change the branch to
>  true. And then a 'static_branch_dec()', will again make the branch false.
>  
> +Where an array of keys is required, it can be defined as:
> +
> +	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_ARRAY_TRUE(keys, count);
> +
> +or:
> +	DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_ARRAY_FALSE(keys, count);

Nitpick to myself: for consistency, we need an empty line between "or:"
and "DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_ARRAY_FALSE" (I fixed it locally).

-- 
Catalin