linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: fix sparse warnings for undeclared symbols

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Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2014 14:14:45 +0100
From:	John Church <sleeveroller@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, lisa@...apiadmin.com,
	bergwolf@...il.com, andreas.dilger@...el.com,
	oleg.drokin@...el.com, doug.s.oucharek@...el.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: fix sparse warnings for undeclared
 symbols

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 03:19:18PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 
> Why not just make them static?  They don't seem to be used outside of
> that file.  What am I missing?
> 

Given a 50/50 choice I based my decision on the surrounding functions which were mostly defined in the header file.

I should have done a little more invstigation which would have led me to the opposite conclusion.

I will redo them as static and resumbit.

Thanks for your help Dan.

Regards,
John
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