linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Make some functions static

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Message-ID: <87tvfxyafu.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Wed, 20 Mar 2019 23:52:53 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
Cc:     Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Make some functions static

Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org> writes:
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 10:14 PM Christophe Leroy
> <christophe.leroy@....fr> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 12/03/2019 à 21:31, Mathieu Malaterre a écrit :
>> > In commit cb9e4d10c448 ("[POWERPC] Add support for 750CL Holly board")
>> > new functions were added. Since these functions can be made static,
>> > make it so. While doing so, it turns out that holly_power_off and
>> > holly_halt are unused, so remove them.
>>
>> I would have said 'since these functions are only used in this C file,
>> make them static'.
>>
>> I think this could be split in two patches:
>> 1/ Remove unused functions, ie holly_halt() and holly_power_off().
>> 2/ Make the other ones static.
>
> Michael do you want two patches ?

That would be better if it's not too much trouble. A patch with a title
of "Make some functions static" shouldn't really be deleting functions
entirely.

cheers