Re: [PATCH v1] printk: Declare log_wait as external variable

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue Feb 04 2020 - 06:22:18 EST


On (20/02/04 11:05), Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > > +extern wait_queue_head_t log_wait; /* Used in fs/proc/kmsg.c */
> > > DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(log_wait);
> > > +#else
> > > +static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(log_wait);
> > > +#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
> >
> > [..]
> >
> > Since we are now introducing CONFIG_PROC_FS dependency to printk (and
> > proc/kmsg already has CONFIG_PRINTK dependency),
>
> I'm not sure I understood. The above does not introduce any dependencies.

kernel/printk/printk.c
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
..

Not exactly "dependency"... what is the correct word here.

-ss