linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kcm: mark helper functions inline

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Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:48:34 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	arnd@...db.de
Cc:	tom@...bertland.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kcm: mark helper functions inline

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:31:12 +0100

> The stub helper functions for the newly added kcm_proc_init/exit interfaces
> are defined as 'static' in a header file, which leads to build warnings for
> each file that includes them without calling them:
> 
> include/net/kcm.h:183:12: error: 'kcm_proc_init' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
> include/net/kcm.h:184:13: error: 'kcm_proc_exit' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
> 
> This marks the two functions as 'static inline' instead, which avoids the
> warnings and is obviously what was meant here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Fixes: cd6e111bf5be ("kcm: Add statistics and proc interfaces")

Applied, thanks Arnd.