[kbuild-all] Re: [RFC PATCH] printk: _printk_rb_static_dict can be static

> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c > @@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static u32 log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN; > */ > #define PRB_AVGBITS 5 /* 32 character average length */ > > -_DECLARE_PRINTKRB(printk_rb_static, CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT - PRB_AVGBITS, > +static _DECLARE_PRINTKRB(printk_rb_static, CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT - PRB_AVGBITS, > PRB_AVGBITS, PRB_AVGBITS, &__log_buf[0]); _DECLARE_PRINTKRB declares multiple variables, so this patch will not work as intended. I would like to declare the variables static but am not sure how best to go about it. In the Linux source I see examples of macros just desclaring the variables static. And I see examples of the macros providing a parameter where the "static" keyword can be specified. Since the ringbuffer was created exclusively to serve printk, I would prefer to just have _DECLARE_PRINTKRB (and DECLARE_PRINTKRB) declare all the variables as static.