linux-kernel - Re: [-mm patch] fs/unionfs/: possible cleanups

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Date:	Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:06:24 -0500
From:	Josef Sipek <jsipek@....cs.sunysb.edu>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	unionfs@...esystems.org
Subject: Re: [-mm patch] fs/unionfs/: possible cleanups

On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 10:55:54PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Let's start with a small exercise:
> 
> Consider sparse tells you about a global function:
>   warning: symbol 'unionfs_d_revalidate_wrap' was not declared. Should 
>   it be static?
 
I ran sparse last week, and cleaned up a few things (not commited to korg
yet). I'll use your patch instead.
 
> This patch contains the following possible cleanups:
> - every function should #include the headers containing the prototypes
>   of it's global functions
> - static functions in C files shouldn't be marked "inline", gcc should 
>   know best when to inline them
> - make needlessly global code static
> - #if 0 the following unused global function:
>   - stale_inode.c: is_stale_inode()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
 
Thanks.
 
Josef "Jeff" Sipek.

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