Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in linker scripts

From	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in linker scripts
Date	2016-10-17 13:30 +0200
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On 10/17/2016 11:09 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:01:13AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>> On the top of that, it's incorrect C according to the standard.
>
> According to the standard non of the kernel has any chance in hell of
> working, so don't pretend you care about that :-)

I think that's a bit of a false dilemma. It's obviously true that kernel
code does not conform to the standards, but that doesn't mean it's not
something we should strive towards or care about in general. It helps
static analysis tools, compiler diversity, etc.

Vegard

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[PATCH 00/12] external array access helpers Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> - 2016-10-16 17:30 +0200
  [PATCH 07/12] tracing: declare __{start,stop}_ftrace_enum_maps as external array Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> - 2016-10-16 17:30 +0200
  [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in linker scripts Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> - 2016-10-16 17:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-10-17 09:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-17 10:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-10-17 11:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-17 11:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> - 2016-10-17 13:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-17 13:50 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> - 2016-10-18 10:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-10-18 23:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Richard Biener <rguenther@suse.de> - 2016-10-19 16:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-19 16:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Richard Biener <rguenther@suse.de> - 2016-10-19 18:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-19 18:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Richard Biener <rguenther@suse.de> - 2016-10-19 17:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-19 18:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 01/12] extarray: define helpers for arrays defined in  linker scripts Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-10-19 16:50 +0200
  [PATCH 12/12] dynamic debug: declare table as external array Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> - 2016-10-16 17:30 +0200
  [PATCH 10/12] serial_core: declare __earlycon_table{,_end} as external array Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> - 2016-10-16 18:00 +0200
  [PATCH 08/12] tracing: declare __trace_bprintk_fmt/__tracepoint_str as external arrays Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> - 2016-10-16 18:00 +0200
  [PATCH 09/12] tracing: declare __{start,stop}_syscalls_metadata as external array Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> - 2016-10-16 18:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 00/12] external array access helpers Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-10-16 18:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 00/12] external array access helpers Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> - 2016-10-16 19:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 00/12] external array access helpers Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-10-17 09:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 00/12] external array access helpers Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-10-17 08:30 +0200

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