linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] of: mdio: mark stub of_mdiobus_child_is

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Date:   Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:24:07 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] of: mdio: mark stub of_mdiobus_child_is_phy as inline

On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 02:24:43PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> The of_mdiobus_child_is_phy function was recently exported, with a stub
> fallback added to simply return false as a static function. The inline
> specifier was left out, leading to build time errors:
> 
> In file included from linux/include/linux/fs_enet_pd.h:21,
>                  from linux/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c:26:
> linux/include/linux/of_mdio.h:58:13: error: ‘of_mdiobus_child_is_phy’ defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
>    58 | static bool of_mdiobus_child_is_phy(struct device_node *child)
>       |             ^~~~~~~~~~
> 
> This commit simply adds the missing inline keyboard.

Hi Jason

It is a good idea to search the netdev list before fixing things like
this:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/12/23/128

	Andrew