Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v8 1/2] block/vxhs.c: Add support for a new block device type called "vxhs"

[Jeff Cody]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 02:24:19PM -0800, ashish mittal wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am getting the following error with checkpatch.pl
> 
> ERROR: externs should be avoided in .c files
> #78: FILE: block/vxhs.c:28:
> +QemuUUID qemu_uuid __attribute__ ((weak));
> 
> Is there any way to get around this, or does it mean that I would have
> to add a vxhs.h just for this one entry?
>

I remain skeptical on the use of the qemu_uuid as a way to select the TLS
cert.

But that aside, and looking at it strictly from a checkpatch.pl point of
view, I think one could make a case that if there is no header file, the
error could be ignored.