linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] be2net: mark symbols static where possible

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Message-Id: <20160919.215601.1083848074956442188.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2016 21:56:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     baoyou.xie@...aro.org
Cc:     sathya.perla@...adcom.com, ajit.khaparde@...adcom.com,
        sriharsha.basavapatna@...adcom.com, somnath.kotur@...adcom.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        arnd@...db.de, xie.baoyou@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] be2net: mark symbols static where possible

From: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:35:29 +0800

> We get 4 warnings when building kernel with W=1:
> drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:4368:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'be_calculate_pf_pool_rss_tables' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c:4385:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'be_get_nic_pf_num_list' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c:4537:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'be_reset_nic_desc' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c:4910:5: warning: no previous prototype for '__be_cmd_set_logical_link_config' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> 
> 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'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>

Applied.