linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cxgb4: mark symbols static where possible

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Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2016 21:56:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     baoyou.xie@...aro.org
Cc:     hariprasad@...lsio.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, xie.baoyou@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxgb4: mark symbols static where possible

From: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:18:23 +0800

> We get a few warnings when building kernel with W=1:
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c:178:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'setup_sge_queues_uld' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c:205:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'free_sge_queues_uld' [-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>

Does not apply cleanly to net-next, please respin.