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| From | Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM |
| Date | 2016-10-20 09:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sug7f-4u4-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 5:32 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> I'm not in favour of this.
>
> +extern void mmioset(void *, unsigned int, size_t);
> +extern void mmiocpy(void *, const void *, size_t);
> +
> #ifndef __ARMBE__
> static inline void memset_io(volatile void __iomem *dst, unsigned c,
> size_t count)
> {
> - extern void mmioset(void *, unsigned int, size_t);
> mmioset((void __force *)dst, c, count);
> }
>
> The reason they're declared _within_ memset_io() is to prevent people
> from using them by hiding their declaration. Moving them outside is
> an open invitation to stupid people starting to use them as an "oh it
> must be an official API".
If they're not intended for public use, they should (also) be prefixed
with "__" or even "____" to make this clear.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
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[PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-10-17 14:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-10-19 17:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-10-19 17:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-10-19 17:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-20 06:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-10-20 15:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-10-20 16:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-10-20 16:40 +0200
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Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-10-22 22:00 +0200
[PATCH 2/2, variant A] ARM: add hidden mmioset/mmiocpy prototypes Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-10-24 17:10 +0200
[PATCH 2/2, variant B] ARM: move mmiocpy/mmioset exports to io.c Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-10-24 17:10 +0200
[PATCH 1/2] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-10-24 17:10 +0200
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Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-10-20 09:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-10-20 10:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH] kbuild: provide include/asm/asm-prototypes.h for ARM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-10-20 10:30 +0200
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