linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] printk: Declare log

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Date:   Tue, 4 Feb 2020 13:31:58 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] printk: Declare log_wait as external variable

On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 08:22:11PM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (20/02/04 11:05), Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > > > +extern wait_queue_head_t log_wait;	/* Used in fs/proc/kmsg.c */
> > > >  DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(log_wait);
> > > > +#else
> > > > +static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(log_wait);
> > > > +#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
> > > 
> > > [..]
> > > 
> > > Since we are now introducing CONFIG_PROC_FS dependency to printk (and
> > > proc/kmsg already has CONFIG_PRINTK dependency),
> > 
> > I'm not sure I understood. The above does not introduce any dependencies.
> 
> kernel/printk/printk.c
>  +#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
>  ..
> 
> Not exactly "dependency"... what is the correct word here.

Maybe "ifdeferry" ?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko