On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 02:51:02PM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On 7/20/07, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 01:47:36PM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> > Hi Geert,
>> >
>> > On 7/20/07, Geert Uytterhoeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> From: Geert Uytterhoeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >>
>> >> m68k/mac: Make mac_hid_mouse_emulate_buttons() declaration visible
>> >>
>> >> drivers/char/keyboard.c: In function 'kbd_keycode':
>> >> drivers/char/keyboard.c:1142: error: implicit declaration of function
>> >> 'mac_hid_mouse_emulate_buttons'
>> >>
>> >> The forward declaration of mac_hid_mouse_emulate_buttons() is not
>> visible
>> >> on
>> >> m68k because it's hidden in the middle of a big #ifdef block.
>> >>
>> >> Move it to <linux/hid.h>, correct the type of the second parameter, and
>> >> include <linux/hid.h> where needed.
>> >
>> > linux/hid.h contains definitions needed for drivers speaking HID
>> > protocol, I don't think we want to put quirks for legacy keyboard
>> > driver there. I'd just move the #ifdef within drivers/char/keyboard.c
>> > for now.
>> >...
>>
>> If you only move it you will keep the bug of the wrong second parameter.
>>
>> But if you move it to any header file gcc is able to figure out such
>> errors itself instead of them being nasty runtime errors.
>>
>> Such prototypes in C files are really bad since (like in this case) they
>> prevent the finding of bugs. It doesn't matter which header file you put
>> the prototype into (it can even be a new one), but it belongs into a
>> header file.
>
> I am OK with adding a new header file. I was just saying that placing
> that declaration in linux/hid.h makes about the same sense as putting
> it into linux/scsi.h
scsi.h would also be fine with me. ;-)
Are you making a patch or should I send one? [1]
> Dmitry
cu
Adrian
[1] for a new header file, not scsi.h
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