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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] checkpatch: tweak extern in C warning
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On Fri, 2021-06-25 at 21:40 -0600, Jim Cromie wrote:
> The extern-in-C rule has one important exception: the symbol is
> defined in/by the linker script. By convention, these almost always
> contain: _start, _stop, _end. Suppress the warning on such symbols.
[]
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
> @@ -6910,7 +6910,8 @@ sub process {
>   $stat =~ /^.\s*extern\s+/)
>   {
>   WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS",
> - "externs should be avoided in .c files\n" . $herecurr);
> + "externs should be avoided in .c files\n($stat)\n" . $herecurr)
> + unless $stat =~ /_start|_stop|_end/;

nak.

As far as I can tell, there's no reason these symbols
should not be in .h files.

besides that:

output is single line, $stat should not be used and
using unless is not desired.


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