Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: pl330: rename _start to prevent build error

[Conor Dooley]

Hey Randy,

On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 05:06:06PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> "_start" is used in several arches and proably should be reserved
> for ARCH usage. Using it in a driver for a private symbol can cause
> a build error when it conflicts with ARCH usage of the same symbol.
> 
> Therefore rename pl330's "_start" to "_start_thread" so that there
> is no conflict and no build error.

_start_thread() seems pretty generic to me too, but there don't appear
to be any users & it is certainly better than the one causing build
issues!

Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Conor.

> 
> drivers/dma/pl330.c:1053:13: error: '_start' redeclared as different kind of symbol
>  1053 | static bool _start(struct pl330_thread *thrd)
>       |             ^~~~~~
> In file included from ../include/linux/interrupt.h:21,
>                  from ../drivers/dma/pl330.c:18:
> arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h:11:13: note: previous declaration of '_start' with type 'char[]'
>    11 | extern char _start[];
>       |             ^~~~~~

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