linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vme: vme_ca91cx42.c: local functions should not be exposed globally

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Message-ID: <4FA2A611.7040106@ge.com>
Date:	Thu, 03 May 2012 16:36:49 +0100
From:	Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@...com>
To:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vme: vme_ca91cx42.c: local functions should not be exposed
 globally

On 03/05/12 01:12, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> Functions not referenced outside of a source file should be marked
> static to prevent them from being exposed globally.
> 
> Quiets the sparse warnings:
> 
> warning: symbol 'ca91cx42_alloc_consistent' was not declared. Should it be static?
> warning: symbol 'ca91cx42_free_consistent' was not declared. Should it be static?
> 
> Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@...com>

Good catch,

Acked-by: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@...com>

Martyn

> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c b/drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c
> index a3c0f84..e0df92e 100644
> --- a/drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c
> +++ b/drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c
> @@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ static int ca91cx42_slot_get(struct vme_bridge *ca91cx42_bridge)
>  
>  }
>  
> -void *ca91cx42_alloc_consistent(struct device *parent, size_t size,
> +static void *ca91cx42_alloc_consistent(struct device *parent, size_t size,
>  	dma_addr_t *dma)
>  {
>  	struct pci_dev *pdev;
> @@ -1512,8 +1512,8 @@ void *ca91cx42_alloc_consistent(struct device *parent, size_t size,
>  	return pci_alloc_consistent(pdev, size, dma);
>  }
>  
> -void ca91cx42_free_consistent(struct device *parent, size_t size, void *vaddr,
> -	dma_addr_t dma)
> +static void ca91cx42_free_consistent(struct device *parent, size_t size,
> +	void *vaddr, dma_addr_t dma)
>  {
>  	struct pci_dev *pdev;
>  


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