* [parisc-linux] Re: Another problem with making things static
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@ 2007-02-10 21:01 ` Andrew Morton
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From: Andrew Morton @ 2007-02-10 21:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: James Bottomley; +Cc: Linus Torvalds, Parisc List
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:29:24 -0600 James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> wrote:
> For any person who wants to make a static symbol exported, we force an
> explanation out of them about what they're trying to do and why. Might
> I suggest we apply the same standard to anyone trying to make something
> static? i.e. they need to explain clearly why the symbol shouldn't be
> part of any rational API.
>
The majority of these things are simply oversights: people forgot to
type `static'.
C got the defualt wrong..
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* [parisc-linux] Re: Another problem with making things static
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@ 2007-02-11 1:33 ` James Bottomley
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From: James Bottomley @ 2007-02-11 1:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: Linus Torvalds, Parisc List
On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 13:01 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:29:24 -0600 James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> wrote:
>
> > For any person who wants to make a static symbol exported, we force an
> > explanation out of them about what they're trying to do and why. Might
> > I suggest we apply the same standard to anyone trying to make something
> > static? i.e. they need to explain clearly why the symbol shouldn't be
> > part of any rational API.
> >
>
> The majority of these things are simply oversights: people forgot to
> type `static'.
>
> C got the defualt wrong..
I agree ... lots of symbols in drivers or filesystems are obviously not
part of APIs ... however, that's not necessarily true of the kernel
proper. I think forcing someone to think about what they're doing and
justify going from non static to static or vice versa is a good idea in
those cases.
James
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