linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lan78xx: mark symbols static where possible

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Date:   Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:59:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     baoyou.xie@...aro.org
Cc:     woojung.huh@...rochip.com, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, xie.baoyou@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lan78xx: mark symbols static where possible

From: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
Date: Tue,  6 Sep 2016 16:19:02 +0800

> We get a few warnings when building kernel with W=1:
> drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c:1182:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'lan78xx_defer_kevent' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c:1409:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'lan78xx_nway_reset' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c:2000:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'lan78xx_set_mac_addr' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> ....
> 
> In fact, these functions are only used in the file in which they are
> declared and don't need a declaration, but can be made static.
> so this patch marks these functions with 'static'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>

Applied.