linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: reset: Mark function as static in core.c

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Date:	Sat, 14 Dec 2013 12:56:57 -0800
From:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Rashika Kheria <rashika.kheria@...il.com>,
	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: reset: Mark function as static in core.c

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 05:15:34PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 06:56:10PM +0530, Rashika Kheria wrote:
> > This patch marks the function of_reset_simple_xlate() and
> > devm_reset_control_put() as static in core.c because it is not used
> > outside this file.
> > 
> > Thus, it also eliminate the following warnings in core.c:
> > drivers/reset/core.c:46:5: warning: no previous prototype for ‘of_reset_simple_xlate’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> > drivers/reset/core.c:262:6: warning: no previous prototype for ‘devm_reset_control_put’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> > 
> 
> These are EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() so that doesn't make sense.
> devm_reset_control_put() is not used at all and of_reset_simple_xlate()
> doesn't look like it needs to be exported.  Philipp?

That sounds like the right fix to me: drop devm_reset_control_put and
its export completely, and drop the export of make
of_reset_simple_xlate.  Unless there's some relevant out-of-tree caller
of either function, that seems sensible.

- Josh Triplett
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