Re: [PATCH] kdb: include header in signal handling code

[Daniel Thompson]

On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 02:54:09PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> kdb_send_sig() is defined in the signal code and called from kdb,
> but the declaration is part of the kdb internal code.
> Include this from signal.c as well to avoid the warning:
>
> kernel/signal.c:4789:6: error: no previous prototype for 'kdb_send_sig' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Sorry to be so late with this feedback! I got as far as queuing this up
for merge before the penny dropped...

> ---
>  kernel/signal.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
> index 8f6330f0e9ca..d38df14f71ac 100644
> --- a/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -4780,6 +4780,8 @@ void __init signals_init(void)
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_KDB
>  #include <linux/kdb.h>
> +#include "debug/kdb/kdb_private.h"
> +

Isn't is better to move the prototype for kdb_send_sig() into
linux/kdb.h instead?

That's what other kdb helpers spread across the kernel do
(kdb_walk_kallsyms() for example).


Daniel.