linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] bfs: move function prototype to the proper header file

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0801242306400.8407@ginsburg.homenet>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:08:12 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Tigran Aivazian <tigran@...azian.fsnet.co.uk>
To:	Heikki Orsila <shdl@...alwe.fi>
cc:	Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...il.com>, trivial@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] bfs: move function prototype to the proper header
 file

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Heikki Orsila wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 01:32:04AM +0300, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote:
>> diff --git a/fs/bfs/bfs.h b/fs/bfs/bfs.h
>> index 090b96e..ecc74bb 100644
>> --- a/fs/bfs/bfs.h
>> +++ b/fs/bfs/bfs.h
> ...
>> +/* inode.c */
>> +extern void dump_imap(const char *, struct super_block *);
>> +
>
> Functions should not be externed, remove extern keyword.

why not?

In (roughly, because ^extern pattern is not ideal) 3959 cases only in 
include/linux/*h they are:

$ grep ^extern include/linux/*h | wc -l
3959

Kind regards
Tigran
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