Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] kernel: tracepoints: add support for relative references

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:44:15 +0100
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> It appears the stuff above needs to be move inside the double-include
> >> guard (which oddly enough does not cover the entire file)  
> >
> > Why was this moved to the header file? To fulfill some checkpatch
> > warning?
> >  
> 
> Yes.

My preference is to ignore that checkpatch warning. The section
variables are created by linker magic, and not normal "extern"
variables. They are only used in one location, and I like to keep them
where they are used, and not be something other places might think they
can be used. In other words, keep them by the C code, and out of
headers.

Tracepoints and linker/asm work always triggers a lot of bogus
checkpatch warnings. Which is unfortunate. :-/

Thanks!

-- Steve