Re: [PATCH] procfs : Move some extern declaration from fs/proc/proc_misc.c to include/linux/seq_file.h

From: Matt Mackall
Date: Tue Dec 18 2007 - 17:24:40 EST


On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 10:25:50PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Some 'extern struct seq_operations' are wrongly defined in
> fs/proc/proc_misc.c (they miss a const qualifier)
>
> In order to fix this correctly, move the "extern ... " declaration from .c
> file to an appropriate include file, as advised by checkpatch.pl
>
> Note : "extern struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op;" will be taken into account
> in a separate patch, since its const status is arch dependant.

seq_file.h doesn't seem the best place for these, as it's otherwise
unpolluted with anything but seq_file internals.

Most of these things perhaps ought to be pushed out to their relevant
subsystems and then no .h file declaration will be needed.

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