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SubjectRe: [PATCH 07/18] sysctl extern cleanup - compat
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On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Saturday 20 February 2010 15:13:28 Dave Young wrote:
>> Extern declarations in sysctl.c should be move to their own head file,
>> and then include them in relavant .c files.
>>
>> Move compat_log extern declaration to linux/compat.h
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
>
> Good idea in principle, but please don't enclose the extern
> declaration in #ifdef:
>
>> --- linux-2.6.32.orig/include/linux/compat.h  2010-02-20 14:02:24.334925488 +0800
>> +++ linux-2.6.32/include/linux/compat.h       2010-02-20 14:24:30.405627048 +0800
>> @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
>>  #include <asm/siginfo.h>
>>  #include <asm/signal.h>
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
>> +extern int compat_log;
>> +#endif
>>  #define compat_jiffies_to_clock_t(x) \
>>               (((unsigned long)(x) * COMPAT_USER_HZ) / HZ)
>
> This will force a rebuild of everything that #includes linux/compat.h when CONFIG_SYSCTL
> changes, while nothing really changes.
>
> Obviously, the same goes for the entire series.

Yes, indeed. Thanks for the comments.

Actually I need resend the whole patchset with a updated version.

>
>        Arnd
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