On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Guenter Roeck wrote: > clang reports the following compile warning. > > In file included from mm/vmscan.c:56: > ./include/linux/swapops.h:327:22: warning: > section attribute is specified on redeclared variable [-Wsection] > extern atomic_long_t num_poisoned_pages __read_mostly; > ^ > ./include/linux/mm.h:2585:22: note: previous declaration is here > extern atomic_long_t num_poisoned_pages; > ^ > > Let's use __read_mostly everywhere. > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/mm.h | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h > index ad06d42adb1a..bd4bd59f02c1 100644 > --- a/include/linux/mm.h > +++ b/include/linux/mm.h > @@ -2582,7 +2582,7 @@ extern int get_hwpoison_page(struct page *page); > extern int sysctl_memory_failure_early_kill; > extern int sysctl_memory_failure_recovery; > extern void shake_page(struct page *p, int access); > -extern atomic_long_t num_poisoned_pages; > +extern atomic_long_t num_poisoned_pages __read_mostly; > extern int soft_offline_page(struct page *page, int flags); > > No objection to the patch, of course, but I'm wondering if it's (1) the only such clang compile warning for mm/, and (2) if the re-declaration in mm.h could be avoided by including swapops.h? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>
