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Date:   Mon, 06 Sep 2021 13:17:35 +0000
From:   "Jackie Liu" <liu.yun@...ux.dev>
To:     "Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trace_osnoise: rename main to trace_main to avoid
 Werror=main

Hi Steven. Thank you for let me know.

--
Jackie Liu



September 6, 2021 7:56 PM, "Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org> 写到:

> On Mon, 6 Sep 2021 17:40:03 +0800
> Jackie Liu <liu.yun@...ux.dev> wrote:
> 
>> From: Jackie Liu <liuyun01@...inos.cn>
>> 
>> kernel builds with -Werror=main, gcc report failed.
>> 
>> Avoids warnings like:
>> kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c:1515:8: error: ‘main’ is usually a function [-Werror=main]
> 
> NACK!
> 
> It's a stupid warning, and likely a bug in the compiler.
> 
> There's nothing wrong with using "main" as a local variable. It will
> *never* conflict with the main main. Less so in the kernel, as the
> kernel doesn't even have a main!
> 
> Do not send patches to fix this "error".
> 
> Not to mention, we already went through this discussion a month ago.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210813224131.25803-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
> 
> -- Steve
> 
>> Fixes: a955d7eac177 ("trace: Add timerlat tracer")
>> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jackie Liu <liuyun01@...inos.cn>
>> ---
>> kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c | 6 +++---
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
>> index b61eefe5ccf5..938e2791010a 100644
>> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
>> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
>> @@ -1512,20 +1512,20 @@ static void stop_per_cpu_kthreads(void)
>> static int start_kthread(unsigned int cpu)
>> {
>> struct task_struct *kthread;
>> - void *main = osnoise_main;
>> + void *trace_main = osnoise_main;
>> char comm[24];
>> 
>> #ifdef CONFIG_TIMERLAT_TRACER
>> if (osnoise_data.timerlat_tracer) {
>> snprintf(comm, 24, "timerlat/%d", cpu);
>> - main = timerlat_main;
>> + trace_main = timerlat_main;
>> } else {
>> snprintf(comm, 24, "osnoise/%d", cpu);
>> }
>> #else
>> snprintf(comm, 24, "osnoise/%d", cpu);
>> #endif
>> - kthread = kthread_create_on_cpu(main, NULL, cpu, comm);
>> + kthread = kthread_create_on_cpu(trace_main, NULL, cpu, comm);
>> 
>> if (IS_ERR(kthread)) {
>> pr_err(BANNER "could not start sampling thread\n");