Re: [Patch] kbuild: fix headers_check.pl

From: Artem Bityutskiy
Date: Fri Jun 05 2009 - 07:29:23 EST


Arnd Bergmann wrote:
On Friday 05 June 2009, Amerigo Wang wrote:
-sub check_prototypes
+sub check_declarations
{
- if ($line =~ m/^\s*extern\b/) {
- printf STDERR "$filename:$lineno: extern's make no sense in userspace\n";
+ if ($line =~m/^\s*extern\b/) {
+ if ($line =~ m/^\s*extern\b.*\(.*\)/) {
+ printf STDERR "$filename:$lineno: extern's make no sense in userspace\n";
+ } else {
+ printf STDERR "$filename:$lineno: exporting global variable to userspace is suspicious\n";
+ }
}
}

I don't think we really need that distinction here, the old
text applies to both. But please find a way to get rid of
the "extern's".

http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

Hehe, made me smile :-)
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