kbuild/headers_check: refine extern check
authorAmerigo Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
Fri, 5 Jun 2009 02:12:01 +0000 (22:12 -0400)
committerSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:37:56 +0000 (22:37 +0200)
'extern' checking information is not clear, refine it.
Plus, fix a comment.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com>
[sam: redid the extern error message]
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
scripts/headers_check.pl

index 4414c43857ad7ce95f63a8d949c190b4309d816f..db1dd7a549f2b9e1259148c39175ad6ee6df3d02 100644 (file)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # headers_check.pl execute a number of trivial consistency checks
 #
-# Usage: headers_check.pl dir [files...]
+# Usage: headers_check.pl dir arch [files...]
 # dir:   dir to look for included files
 # arch:  architecture
 # files: list of files to check
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ foreach my $file (@files) {
                &check_include();
                &check_asm_types();
                &check_sizetypes();
-               &check_prototypes();
+               &check_declarations();
                # Dropped for now. Too much noise &check_config();
        }
        close FH;
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ sub check_include
        }
 }
 
-sub check_prototypes
+sub check_declarations
 {
-       if ($line =~ m/^\s*extern\b/) {
-               printf STDERR "$filename:$lineno: extern's make no sense in userspace\n";
+       if ($line =~m/^\s*extern\b/) {
+               printf STDERR "$filename:$lineno: " .
+                             "userspace cannot call function or variable " .
+                             "defined in the kernel\n";
        }
 }