linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] kernel: tracepoints: add support for relative references

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Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2017 09:52:06 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
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        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
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        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] kernel: tracepoints: add support for relative
 references

On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:44:15 +0100
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote:

> >> It appears the stuff above needs to be move inside the double-include
> >> guard (which oddly enough does not cover the entire file)  
> >
> > Why was this moved to the header file? To fulfill some checkpatch
> > warning?
> >  
> 
> Yes.

My preference is to ignore that checkpatch warning. The section
variables are created by linker magic, and not normal "extern"
variables. They are only used in one location, and I like to keep them
where they are used, and not be something other places might think they
can be used. In other words, keep them by the C code, and out of
headers.

Tracepoints and linker/asm work always triggers a lot of bogus
checkpatch warnings. Which is unfortunate. :-/

Thanks!

-- Steve