linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysfs: mark a locally-only used function static

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Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:42:44 -0400
From:	"David P. Quigley" <dpquigl@...ho.nsa.gov>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	"Stephen D. Smalley" <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysfs: mark a locally-only used function static

On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 03:02 +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
> ---
> diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
> index e28cecf..e144351 100644
> --- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int __init sysfs_inode_init(void)
>  	return bdi_init(&sysfs_backing_dev_info);
>  }
>  
> -struct sysfs_inode_attrs *sysfs_init_inode_attrs(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
> +static struct sysfs_inode_attrs *sysfs_init_inode_attrs(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
>  {
>  	struct sysfs_inode_attrs *attrs;
>  	struct iattr *iattrs;
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct sysfs_inode_attrs *sysfs_init_inode_attrs(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
>  
>  	return attrs;
>  }
> +
>  int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
>  {
>  	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
> 

I don't see why this shouldn't or can't be made static. I'll ACK it and
then you guys can deal with it however you like.

-Dave



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