Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers to make extending kernel easier

[Daniel Colascione]

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 6:49 PM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 3:02 AM Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > > > +extern char kernel_headers_data;
> > > > +extern char kernel_headers_data_end;
> > > > +
> > > > +static ssize_t
> > > > +ikheaders_read_current(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
> > >
> > > Could you stretch this line ?
> > > It will still fit in 80-cols.
> > >
> > > (This is a coding style error in kernel/configs.c)
> >
> > It takes 87 cols if I expand, so I'll leave it as is.
> >
>
>
> Sorry if what I said was unclear.
>
> Since I just did not a good reason to put
> "static ssize_t" in the previous line,
> I meant like follows:
>
>
> [Before]
> static ssize_t
> ikheaders_read_current(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
>                        size_t len, loff_t *offset)
>
>
>
> [After]
> static ssize_t ikheaders_read_current(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
>                                       size_t len, loff_t *offset)
>
>
> (takes 74-cols.)
>
>
> (I am sending this from Gmail, so I am not sure
> how it will look like from you...)
>
>
> Anyway, it is super-bikeshedding stuff.
> It is OK as-is.
>

What about sorting the files for determinism?