linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/notify/notification.c: make subsys

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Message-Id: <20120322150019.eff74bc8.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:00:19 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<eric.dumazet@...il.com>, <vapier@...too.org>, <asharma@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/notify/notification.c: make subsys_initcall function
 static

On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:45:17 -0700
H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com> wrote:

> subsys_initcall functions should be marked static.

Well, I suppose there are legitimate situations where they could be
non-static(?), although those would be rather bizarre.

A better reason for making this static is that it has no references
outside this file.

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