linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] jump_label: refine placement of static

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Date:   Wed, 10 Nov 2021 07:41:22 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, jpoimboe@...hat.com,
        jbaron@...mai.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, ardb@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] jump_label: refine placement of static_keys

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 7:30 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>

>
> Sure, I can make sure to include all cases. I was hoping
> DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE()/DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE()
> would catch the majority of uses.
>
> We also can add a new DEFINE_STATIC_KEY() macro to ease these cases.

Although use of 'struct static_key' is marked deprecated.

I guess that we can leave legacy uses be converted by maintainers if they care.
(They do not have to, __static_key section is only a hint, not a requirement)

For instance these ones had no __read_mostly and nobody cared.

arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:124:struct static_key paravirt_steal_enabled;
arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:125:struct static_key paravirt_steal_rq_enabled;


>
>
>
> >
> > Would something like:
> >
> >         typedef struct static_key __static_key static_key_t;
> >
> > work? I forever seem to forget the exact things you can make a typedef
> > do :/
>
> I tried, but a typedef was not working. A macro would work.