linux-kernel - Re: Checkpatch false positive: externs should be avoided in .c files

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Message-ID: <87ikcddl2a.fsf@yellow.woof>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:28:29 +0100
From: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>
To: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
 Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>, Lukas Bulwahn
 <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Checkpatch false positive: externs should be avoided in .c files

Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> writes:
> Please use the more common style like:
>
> atomic_t __section(".sdata") hart_lottery;

Ah, thanks! Will do that along with v2 patch.

Nam