netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: skb: use auto-generation to convert skb drop reason to string

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Message-ID: <20220531204325.5ba1362f@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 31 May 2022 20:43:25 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@...il.com>
Cc:     Menglong Dong <imagedong@...cent.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: skb: use auto-generation to
 convert skb drop reason to string

On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 11:27:41 +0800 Menglong Dong wrote:
> > > +#include <linux/kernel.h>  
> >
> > Why?  
> 
> Oh, you noticed it. To simplify the code in dropreason_str.c, as
> EXPORT_SYMBOL() is used. Okay, I'll move it to the generation
> part.

IMHO you can move the EXPORT_SYMBOL() to skbuff.c, with a comment
saying that the array itself is in an auto-generated source.
Avoid avoid to "echo" both the EXPORT and the include.