netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Extra '_get' in declaration of arch_get_platform_mac

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Date:   Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:14:29 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     malat@...ian.org
Cc:     trivial@...nel.org, andrew@...n.ch, privat@...l-hjelmeland.no,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Extra '_get' in declaration of
 arch_get_platform_mac_address

From: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>
Date: Wed,  7 Feb 2018 20:35:00 +0100

> In commit c7f5d105495a ("net: Add eth_platform_get_mac_address() helper."),
> two declarations were added:
> 
>   int eth_platform_get_mac_address(struct device *dev, u8 *mac_addr);
>   unsigned char *arch_get_platform_get_mac_address(void);
> 
> An extra '_get' was introduced in arch_get_platform_get_mac_address, remove
> it. Fix compile warning using W=1:
> 
>   CC      net/ethernet/eth.o
> net/ethernet/eth.c:523:24: warning: no previous prototype for ‘arch_get_platform_mac_address’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
>  unsigned char * __weak arch_get_platform_mac_address(void)
>                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   AR      net/ethernet/built-in.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>

I'm very surprised this warning didn't get triggered before.

That's really weird!

Applied, thank you.