linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix:mtip32xx: mark symbols static where possible

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Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2016 09:37:08 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
To:     Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>, <asamymuthupa@...ron.com>,
        <smani@...ron.com>, <rsambandam@...ron.com>,
        <vgunasekaran@...ron.com>, <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <arnd@...db.de>,
        <xie.baoyou@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix:mtip32xx: mark symbols static where possible

On 08/26/2016 12:08 AM, Baoyou Xie wrote:
> We get 1 warning when biuld kernel with W=1:
> drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c:3689:6: warning: no previous prototype for
>  'mtip_block_release' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
>
> In fact, this function is only used in the file in which it is declared
> and don't need a declaration, but can be made static.
> so this patch marks it 'static'.

Applied for 4.9, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe