linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: xhci: mark xhci_unmap_td_bounce

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Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:02:53 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>, mathias.nyman@...el.com,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        xie.baoyou@...aro.org, xie.baoyou@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: xhci: mark xhci_unmap_td_bounce_buffer() static

On Friday, September 23, 2016 5:08:37 PM CEST Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 09:46:13PM +0800, Baoyou Xie wrote:
> > We get 1 warning when building kernel with W=1:
> > drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c:608:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'xhci_unmap_td_bounce_buffer' [-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 this function with 'static'.
> 
> Any reason you aren't using sparse for all of these 'static' functions
> you are finding?  It should be easier than using 'W=1'.

It was my idea, I suggest to Baoyou to enable the warning standalone
and fix all instances he finds, so we can eventually enable it by default
for everyone. Once that is in place, we won't even need to use sparse
any more. I suspect it will take a while before all of his patches are
merged upstream, but IIRC he has sent almost all the ones needed for
an arm "allmodconfig" build now, and a lot have been accepted.

	Arnd