From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
To: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
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Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 03/14] modpost: split the section mismatch checks into section-check.c
Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 15:55:53 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK7LNARGNEDzPPUsPjDXsXUUUPSFK2erQRuyPocR_v5hTYRihg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKwvOd=LR=UNOeWJDmM-McJ=FrCWTo8w1ox+KGMQCwCVpiUyFg@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 2:20 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 12:10 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > modpost.c is too big, and the half of the code is for section checks.
> > Split it.
> >
> > I fixed some style issues in the moved code.
>
> It would be helpful for review if the split and restyle were distinct
> patches. Otherwise I can't tell what has changed.
>
> This does lose the ability to use git blame to get more context on
> some of the oddities in modpost (which I have found useful in the
> past). I don't feel strongly though.
OK, I will just move the code in v5.
> > diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> > index a78b75f0eeb0..e7e2c70a98f5 100644
> > --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> > +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> > @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static bool external_module;
> > /* Only warn about unresolved symbols */
> > static bool warn_unresolved;
> >
> > -static int sec_mismatch_count;
> > +int sec_mismatch_count;
>
> ^ this should go in modpost.h if it is to be used in two translation
> units, rather than forward declaring it in section-check.c. You did
> this for the functions.
Sorry, I do not understand.
In modpost.h, I put the declaration:
extern int sec_mismatch_count;
If I moved it to the header without 'extern'
I would get multiple definitions.
--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-10 7:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-08 19:06 [PATCH v4 00/14] kbuild: yet another series of cleanups (modpost, LTO, MODULE_REL_CRCS, export.h) Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] modpost: remove left-over cross_compile declaration Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-09 17:08 ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-05-12 4:35 ` Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 02/14] modpost: change the license of EXPORT_SYMBOL to bool type Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-12 4:36 ` Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 03/14] modpost: split the section mismatch checks into section-check.c Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-09 17:19 ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-05-10 6:55 ` Masahiro Yamada [this message]
2022-05-11 18:47 ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-05-11 19:27 ` Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-11 19:51 ` Jeff Johnson
2022-05-11 20:01 ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 04/14] modpost: add sym_find_with_module() helper Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 05/14] modpost: extract symbol versions from *.cmd files Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-09 21:52 ` Sami Tolvanen
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 06/14] kbuild: link symbol CRCs at final link, removing CONFIG_MODULE_REL_CRCS Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-09 17:50 ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-05-10 13:03 ` Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 07/14] kbuild: stop merging *.symversions Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 08/14] genksyms: adjust the output format to modpost Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 09/14] kbuild: do not create *.prelink.o for Clang LTO or IBT Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-09 23:13 ` Sami Tolvanen
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 10/14] kbuild: check static EXPORT_SYMBOL* by script instead of modpost Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-09 18:05 ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-05-10 13:53 ` Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 11/14] kbuild: make built-in.a rule robust against too long argument error Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 12/14] kbuild: make *.mod " Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] kbuild: add cmd_and_savecmd macro Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-08 19:06 ` [PATCH v4 14/14] kbuild: rebuild multi-object modules when objtool is updated Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-09 4:24 ` [PATCH v4 00/14] kbuild: yet another series of cleanups (modpost, LTO, MODULE_REL_CRCS, export.h) Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-09 22:13 ` Nathan Chancellor
2022-05-10 6:55 ` Masahiro Yamada
2022-05-09 22:19 ` Nathan Chancellor
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