Re: [PATCH 1/4] dynamic_debug: consolidate repetitive struct _ddebug descriptor definitions

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:02:43 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 20:42 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:13:16 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 16:52 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:28:41 -0400
> > > > Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > > Replace the repetitive struct _ddebug descriptor definitions with
> > > > > a new DECLARE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_META_DATA(name, fmt) macro.
> > > > > +#define DECLARE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA(name, fmt)		\
> > > > > +	static struct _ddebug __used __aligned(8)		\
> > > > > +	__attribute__((section("__verbose"))) name = {		\
> > > > > +		.modname = KBUILD_MODNAME,			\
> > > > > +		.function = __func__,				\
> > > > > +		.filename = __FILE__,				\
> > > > > +		.format = (fmt),				\
> > > > > +		.lineno = __LINE__,				\
> > > > > +		.flags =  _DPRINTK_FLAGS_DEFAULT,		\
> > > > > +		.enabled = false,				\
> > > > > +	}
> > > > <anal>That macro implements a definition, not a declaration</anal>
> > > Andrew, that's not quite true
> > It's precisely true.
> 
> Not according to the c99 standard section 6.7
> 

That doesn't address the distinction at all - it discusses syntax.

The reason the distinction matters (apart from being just wrong) is
that sometimes we want a macro for the definition and another for the
declaration.  DEFINE_TRACE/DECLARE_TRACE, DECLARE_LGLOCK/DEFINE_LGLOCK,
etc.