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From: navych@126.com (Navy Cheng)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: how can I find where is the macro or function deifined
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 01:41:34 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150728174134.GB2384@debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAGnT3Zr8TP3qppcnftoXQo5BbgpQKXURu17AMWLu0HAgZ_42A@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 06:03:16PM +0200, Ahmed Soliman wrote:
> Hi;
> when I used libc I never memorized where each function is located
> beyond the basics (for example I never knew if strlen is in string.h
> or ctype.h or strlib.h )
> I just check out the functions man pages by man strlen
> is their such functionality for the kernel where I dont need to
> memorize the dependencies for example if MODULE_LICENSE is in kernel.h
> or module.h with out using the internel to google them .
> 
*make tags* in the root directory of the kernel tree. Then a file named TAGS
is created. TAGS is treated as one part of the tree when *git status*. You
can load it with Vim or emacs. Google it for details. 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-07-28 17:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-28 16:03 how can I find where is the macro or function deifined Ahmed Soliman
2015-07-28 16:37 ` Manavendra Nath Manav
2015-07-28 17:41 ` Navy Cheng [this message]
2015-07-28 23:54   ` Gnoleba GNOGBO
2015-07-29  0:25     ` Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
2015-07-29  2:54       ` Navy Cheng
2015-07-29  1:14 ` Iuro Nascimento

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