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Re: [XEN PATCH v3 01/16] misra: add deviation for headers that explicitly avoid guards


  • To: Simone Ballarin <simone.ballarin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:02:07 +0100
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  • Delivery-date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:02:11 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 11.03.2024 09:59, Simone Ballarin wrote:
> Some headers, under specific circumstances (documented in a comment at
> the beginning of the file), explicitly avoid inclusion guards: the caller
> is responsible for including them correctly.
> 
> These files are not supposed to comply with Directive 4.10:
> "Precautions shall be taken in order to prevent the contents of a header
> file being included more than once"
> 
> This patch adds deviation cooments for headers that avoid guards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simone Ballarin <simone.ballarin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - fix inconsistent deviation ID
> - change comment-based deviation text
> Changes in v2:
> - use the format introduced with doc/misra/safe.json instead of
>   a generic text-based deviation
> ---
>  docs/misra/safe.json                        | 9 +++++++++
>  xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h | 1 +
>  xen/include/public/errno.h                  | 1 +
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

I understand something wants doing, but having such comments appear in public
headers feels wrong to me. I'm afraid I have no good alternative suggestion.

Jan



 


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