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From:   John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
To:     kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] printk: _printk_rb_static_dict can be static
References: <20200618144919.9806-4-john.ogness@linutronix.de>
        <20200618182323.GA72993@4e49555bcca1>
Date:   Fri, 19 Jun 2020 08:49:21 +0200
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On 2020-06-18, kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> ---
>  printk.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> index 7642ef634956f..d812ada06735f 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> @@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static u32 log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN;
>   */
>  #define PRB_AVGBITS 5	/* 32 character average length */
>  
> -_DECLARE_PRINTKRB(printk_rb_static, CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT - PRB_AVGBITS,
> +static _DECLARE_PRINTKRB(printk_rb_static, CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT - PRB_AVGBITS,
>  		  PRB_AVGBITS, PRB_AVGBITS, &__log_buf[0]);

_DECLARE_PRINTKRB declares multiple variables, so this patch will not
work as intended. I would like to declare the variables static but am
not sure how best to go about it.

In the Linux source I see examples of macros just desclaring the
variables static. And I see examples of the macros providing a parameter
where the "static" keyword can be specified.

Since the ringbuffer was created exclusively to serve printk, I would
prefer to just have _DECLARE_PRINTKRB (and DECLARE_PRINTKRB) declare all
the variables as static.

John Ogness