linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/46] kernel: MOve prototype declaration to header file include/linux/perf

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Message-ID: <20140227115414.GD9987@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:54:14 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Rashika Kheria <rashika.kheria@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	josh@...htriplett.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/46] kernel: MOve prototype declaration to header file
 include/linux/perf_event.h

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 05:02:48PM +0530, Rashika Kheria wrote:
> Add prototype declaration of function to header file
> include/linux/perf_event.h because it is used by more than one file.
> 
> This eliminates the following warning in kernel/events/core.c:
> kernel/events/core.c:3743:13: warning: no previous prototype for ‘arch_perf_update_userpage’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]

# git grep arch_perf_update_userpage
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c:void arch_perf_update_userpage(struct perf_event_mmap_page *userpg, u64 now)
kernel/events/core.c:void __weak arch_perf_update_userpage(struct perf_event_mmap_page *userpg, u64 now)
kernel/events/core.c:   arch_perf_update_userpage(userpg, now);


There's two definitions; one weak, and one usage site.

What gives?
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