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Date:	Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:04:41 +0100
From:	"Hannes Eder" <hannes@...neseder.net>
To:	"Jaswinder Singh Rajput" <jaswinder@...nel.org>
Cc:	dri-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] drivers/gpu/drm: fix sparse warnings: unexport symbols

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Jaswinder Singh Rajput
<jaswinder@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 16:28 +0100, Hannes Eder wrote:
>> Fix this sparse warnings:
>>
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c:137:6: warning: symbol 'drm_helper_probe_connector_modes' was not declared. Should it be static?
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c:360:6: warning: symbol 'drm_mode_validate_clocks' was not declared. Should it be static?
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hannes Eder <hannes@...neseder.net>
>> ---
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c |    6 +++---
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c       |    7 +++----
>>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
>> index d8a982b..a0b2601 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
>> @@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ void drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes(struct drm_connector *connector,
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes);
>>
>> -void drm_helper_probe_connector_modes(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t maxX,
>> -                                   uint32_t maxY)
>> +static void drm_helper_probe_connector_modes(struct drm_device *dev,
>> +                                          uint32_t maxX,
>> +                                          uint32_t maxY)
>>  {
>>       struct drm_connector *connector;
>>
>> @@ -143,7 +144,6 @@ void drm_helper_probe_connector_modes(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t maxX,
>>               drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes(connector, maxX, maxY);
>>       }
>>  }
>> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_helper_probe_connector_modes);
>>
>
> hmm, what you are trying to do ?
>
>>
>>  /**
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c
>> index 7c36f16..c0cfe39 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modes.c
>> @@ -357,9 +357,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_mode_validate_size);
>>   * sure each mode falls within a given range (defined by @min and @max
>>   * arrays) and sets @mode->status as needed.
>>   */
>> -void drm_mode_validate_clocks(struct drm_device *dev,
>> -                           struct list_head *mode_list,
>> -                           int *min, int *max, int n_ranges)
>> +static void drm_mode_validate_clocks(struct drm_device *dev,
>> +                                  struct list_head *mode_list,
>> +                                  int *min, int *max, int n_ranges)
>>  {
>>       struct drm_display_mode *mode;
>>       int i;
>> @@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ void drm_mode_validate_clocks(struct drm_device *dev,
>>                       mode->status = MODE_CLOCK_RANGE;
>>       }
>>  }
>> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_mode_validate_clocks);
>
> ??

In both cases: a grep over the entire kernel tree shows that the
function is only used within the compilation unit it is defined,
therefore make it static and un-EXPORT it.

Hannes
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