On Thu, 2017-05-18 at 15:06 -0500, Benjamin Marzinski wrote: > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 08:43:07AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote: > > This allows the compiler to verify consistency of declaration and > > definition. > > Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.h | 3 +++ > > mpathpersist/main.c | 1 - > > multipathd/main.c | 2 -- > > 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.h b/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.h > > index 79de5b5b..3faa8c9e 100644 > > --- a/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.h > > +++ b/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.h > > @@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ extern "C" { > > > > > > > > +extern unsigned int mpath_mx_alloc_len; > > + > > + > > > > struct prin_readdescr > > { > > diff --git a/mpathpersist/main.c b/mpathpersist/main.c > > index 2e0aba3c..9de52b98 100644 > > --- a/mpathpersist/main.c > > +++ b/mpathpersist/main.c > > @@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ void mpath_print_transport_id(struct prin_fulldescr *fdesc); > > int construct_transportid(const char * inp, struct transportid transid[], int num_transportids); > > > > int logsink; > > -unsigned int mpath_mx_alloc_len; > > struct config *multipath_conf; > > > > struct config *get_multipath_config(void) > > diff --git a/multipathd/main.c b/multipathd/main.c > > index b167cb4c..81c76cab 100644 > > --- a/multipathd/main.c > > +++ b/multipathd/main.c > > @@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ struct mpath_event_param > > struct multipath *mpp; > > }; > > > > -unsigned int mpath_mx_alloc_len; > > - > > int logsink; > > int verbosity; > > int bindings_read_only; > > I get why you did this, but I'm not totally happy with where the extern > declaration is. libmpathpersist is actually a public library, unlike > libmultipath, and mpath_persist.h is that header for that library. As > such, I'd rather not add things to it that users aren't supposed to mess > with. So, is your intention to let users set the max alloc length. If > so, we should probably give them a function, or at the very least some > comments telling them what this variable does. If we only want the > mpathpersist program to be able to change this, then we probably > should probably put the declaration in a different header file, perhaps > mpath_pr_ioctl.c. Now that I'm looking at this, I see that this option > (-l) isn't even documented in the mpathpersist manpage. So right now > this seems likely a completely unused feature. I guess since it exists, > I'd lean towards actually documenting it and putting it in the > libmpathpersist API in a more useful way. (changed top-posting into bottom-posting) Hello Ben, It was not my intention to make the mpath_mx_alloc_len variable accessible to users of the libmpathpersist library. From what I can see in libmpathpersist/Makefile the only public header file of the libmpathpersist library is mpath_persist.h. Would you agree to move that declaration into mpathpr.h? Bart. -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel