linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: edac: Mark the function amd64_decode_bus_error() as static in amd64

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Message-ID: <CAMpEsFF2RjRYUvG7MivvWUmEV1kTn493=oNa30ASfQ+n+19akw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 14 Dec 2013 23:47:10 +0530
From:	Rashika Kheria <rashika.kheria@...il.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Doug Thompson <dougthompson@...ssion.com>,
	linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: edac: Mark the function amd64_decode_bus_error()
 as static in amd64_edac.c

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 07:28:24PM +0530, Rashika Kheria wrote:
>> This patch marks the function amd64_decode_bus_error() as static in
>> amd64_edac.c because it is not used outside this file.
>>
>> Thus, it also eliminates the following warning in amd64_edac.c:
>> drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c:2038:6: warning: no previous prototype for ‘amd64_decode_bus_error’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
>
> How do you trigger this? .config and output of
>
> gcc --version
>
> please.
>
> I've never seen this warning before.
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
>

Hi Borislav,

My gcc version is 4.6.3. You can trigger these warnings by adding
-Wmissing-prototypes to KBUILD_CFLAGS in the top-level Makefile, and
do a build with defconfig or allyesconfig. It will show all warnings
of missing prototype.

Thanks ,
-- 
Rashika Kheria
B.Tech CSE
IIIT Hyderabad
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