Re: [PATCH 10/24] timekeeping: Define a struct type for tk_core to make it reusable

From: Simon Horman
Date: Thu Sep 12 2024 - 03:38:48 EST


On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 03:29:54PM +0200, Anna-Maria Behnsen wrote:
> The struct tk_core uses is not reusable. As long as there is only a single
> timekeeper, this is not a problem. But when the timekeeper infrastructure
> will be reused for per ptp clock timekeepers, an explicit struct type is
> required.
>
> Define struct tk_data as explicit struct type for tk_core.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Hi Anna-Maria,

I wonder if the order of this and the previous patch should
be reversed, or the two patches should be squashed together.

I am seeing a build failure with only patches 01-09/24 of this series
applied, which seem to be resolved by applying this patch.

.../timekeeping.c:1735:43: warning: declaration of 'struct tk_data' will not be visible outside of this function [-Wvisibility]
1735 | static __init void tkd_basic_setup(struct tk_data *tkd)
...