linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] qed: mark symbols static where possible

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Date:   Thu, 8 Sep 2016 12:37:13 +0000
From:   Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
To:     Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     Dept-Eng Everest Linux L2 <Dept-EngEverestLinuxL2@...gic.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
        "xie.baoyou@....com.cn" <xie.baoyou@....com.cn>,
        Ariel Elior <Ariel.Elior@...gic.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] qed: mark symbols static where possible

> ....
> 
> In fact, these functions are only used in the file in which they are
> declared and don't need a declaration, but can be made static.
> so this patch marks these functions with 'static'.
...
> -void qed_get_vport_stats(struct qed_dev *cdev,
> -			 struct qed_eth_stats *stats)
> +static void qed_get_vport_stats(struct qed_dev *cdev,
>+				struct qed_eth_stats *stats)

Looks like you've missed my comment from v1 -
> 1. qed_get_vport_stats() is in use in net-next by qed_main.c starting 
> with
> 6c75424612a7 ("qed: Add support for NCSI statistics."), so we 
> shouldn't make it static.

Besides, it still doesn't apply to net-next
[as net-next has function declaration as a single liner].