linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix:pmcraid: mark symbols static where possible

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Date:   Fri, 02 Sep 2016 06:56:25 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
Cc:     jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        arnd@...aro.org, xie.baoyou@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix:pmcraid: mark symbols static where possible

>>>>> "Baoyou" == Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org> writes:

Baoyou> We get 4 warnings about global functions without a declaration
Baoyou> in the scsi pmcraid driver when building with W=1:
Baoyou> drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c:309:6: warning: no previous prototype for
Baoyou> 'pmcraid_init_cmdblk' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
Baoyou> drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c:404:6: warning: no previous prototype for
Baoyou> 'pmcraid_return_cmd' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
Baoyou> drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c:1713:6: warning: no previous prototype
Baoyou> for 'pmcraid_ioasc_logger' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
Baoyou> drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c:3141:1: warning: no previous prototype
Baoyou> for 'pmcraid_init_ioadls' [-Wmissing-prototypes]

Baoyou> In fact, these functions are only used in the file in which it
Baoyou> is declared and don't need a declaration, but can be made
Baoyou> static.  so this patch marks it 'static'.

Applied to 4.9/scsi-queue.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering