linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Make extern in .h prototypes quieter.

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Message-ID: <1378155503.1953.112.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:58:23 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	hannes@...essinduktion.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Make extern in .h prototypes quieter.

On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 22:51 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> I know it's not the subject of this patch, but shouldn't "extern prototypes"
> be "extern keywords"?

No, extern is required for variables.


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