linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: speakup: fix warning for static declaration

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Date:   Mon, 27 Mar 2017 09:39:37 +0100
From:   Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@...il.com>
To:     Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, w.d.hubbs@...il.com,
        chris@...-brannons.com, kirk@...sers.ca, rvarsha016@...il.com,
        arushisinghal19971997@...il.com, shiva@...ev.nl,
        speakup@...ux-speakup.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: speakup: fix warning for static declaration

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 09:58:53AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Okash Khawaja, on lun. 27 mars 2017 08:51:02 +0100, wrote:
> > Thanks for this :) Could you also move the function higher in the same
> > file - above line 139 where all static functions are defined?
> 
> I'd say no need for this. spk_serial_in is just above.  Moving functions
> just for the sake of static vs non-static does not make the code more
> readable to my eyes :)
> (and it makes tracking changes harder in git annotate)
> 
> Samuel

Fair enough. When I marked it as static and moved it higher, I
misinterpreted your comment as we neither want it static nor moved. You
probably meant the latter :)