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

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Message-ID: <20160926141207.p6rqtolckvzdtsx2@linux-x5ow.site>
Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:12:07 +0200
From:   Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:     Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
Cc:     jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com, Wilfried.Weissmann@....at,
        hare@...e.de, tj@...nel.org, davispuh@...il.com,
        luisbg@....samsung.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, xie.baoyou@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [SCSI] mvsas: mark symbols static where possible

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 01:48:50PM +0800, Baoyou Xie wrote:
> We get a few warnings when building kernel with W=1:
> drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c:77:18: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvs_find_dev_mvi' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c:105:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvs_find_dev_phyno' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c:1161:20: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvs_alloc_dev' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c:1178:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvs_free_dev' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c:1188:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvs_dev_found_notify' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c:1244:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvs_dev_gone_notify' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c:1614:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvs_set_sense' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c:1653:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvs_fill_ssp_resp_iu' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_64xx.c:139:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvs_64xx_clear_srs_irq' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_64xx.c:566:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvs_64xx_make_prd' [-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>
> ---

Looks good,
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>

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