21 Aug
2025
21 Aug
'25
11:14 p.m.
On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 01:57:05AM +0300, Nikola Z. Ivanov wrote:
On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 10:30:50PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
Do you have a reference there, note that these are just plain non-static variables? I wouldn't trust checkpatch for anything that isn't kernel code (and even there it's got issues).
This is what it says in the C99/C11/C18/C23 drafts I found:
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Since as you said checkpatch.pl is mostly intended for kernel code (which I was not aware of) this patch is probably not desired. In case it still is I can add quote to the draft and link it in the patch.
No, it's fine - thanks for checking the reference. I suspected this might be something specific to how the kernel is linked:
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown broonie@kernel.org