linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/19] staging: most: Remove unnecessary externs

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Message-ID: <20150814083635.GA4193@arch.fritz.box>
Date:	Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:36:35 +0200
From:	Andrey Shvetsov <andrey.shvetsov.ml@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/19] staging: most: Remove unnecessary externs

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 02:51:22PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> Using 'extern' is not necessary for function prototypes.
> 
We use them to mark dependency inversions (callbacks).
I thought about comments instead of, but I'm not sure what is worse.

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Regards,
Andrey
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