Re: [PATCH] Fix vmi time header bug

Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-03-13T17:32:25Z

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Correctly matching the section annotation on declarations and definitions
> is needed by at least ARM. We should ensure that we do this on all future
> patches and we should also apply this patch if only for this reason.
>
> (The ARM thing is a pain, because the compiler cannot check that the
> definition and declaration match. However something like sparse could do
> so).
>

It's also useful documentation. Knowing whether a function is __init is
an important part of its interface.

J