linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/19] powerpc: Add missing prototype

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Date:   Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:02:46 +0200
From:   LEROY Christophe <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:     Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/19] powerpc: Add missing prototype

Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org> a écrit :

> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 1:20 PM, christophe leroy
> <christophe.leroy@....fr> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Le 22/03/2018 à 21:20, Mathieu Malaterre a écrit :
>>>
>>> Add one missing prototype for function rh_dump_blk. Fix warning treated as
>>> error in W=1:
>>>
>>>    arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c:740:6: error: no previous prototype for
>>> ‘rh_dump_blk’ [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>
>>> ---
>>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/rheap.h | 3 +++
>>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/rheap.h
>>> b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/rheap.h
>>> index 172381769cfc..e75d96de19a0 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/rheap.h
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/rheap.h
>>> @@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ extern int rh_get_stats(rh_info_t * info, int what, int
>>> max_stats,
>>>   /* Simple dump of remote heap info */
>>>   extern void rh_dump(rh_info_t * info);
>>>   +/* Simple dump of remote info block */
>>> +extern void rh_dump_blk(rh_info_t *info, rh_block_t *blk);
>>> +
>>
>>
>> Only used in one place, should be static
>
> Well here is what I see over here:
>
> $ git grep rh_dump_blk
> ...
> arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c:EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rh_dump_blk);

If it was really used by anybody in a module, it would already be in a  
.h so I think we should simply delete the function

Christophe

>
>
>
>> Christophe
>>
>>>   /* Set owner of taken block */
>>>   extern int rh_set_owner(rh_info_t * info, unsigned long start, const
>>> char *owner);
>>>
>>
>>
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