linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH next-20200930] treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to _

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Message-ID: <1fe3add91c0de96a24460c94725ebc3a352dc22a.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Mon, 05 Oct 2020 20:22:56 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
        Clang-Built-Linux ML <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH next-20200930] treewide: Convert macro and uses of
 __section(foo) to __section("foo")

On Tue, 2020-10-06 at 00:34 +0000, Joel Stanley wrote:
> arch/powerpc/boot is the powerpc wrapper, and it's not built with the
> same includes or flags as the rest of the kernel. It doesn't include
> any of the headers in the top level include/ directory for hysterical
> raisins.
> 
> The straightforward fix would be to exclude this directory from your script.

I agree and that's why I submitted another script
that does just that.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/75393e5ddc272dc7403de74d645e6c6e0f4e70eb.camel@perches.com/