From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Organization: wh0rd.org
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] headers_check.pl: disallow extern's
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:23:17 -0500
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On Saturday 27 December 2008 13:43:55 Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 02:43:36AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > Since prototypes with "extern" refer to kernel functions, they make no
> > sense in userspace, so reject them automatically.
>
> I do agree with this

so the next question is about using "extern" in general.  unless you have a=
=20
nice way of detecting function prototypes (i certainly dont have a magic re=
gex=20
for this that is multiline, etc...), i think we should be using "extern" at=
=20
least in every header that goes to userspace so that we can catch things.
=2Dmike

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