linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: emxx_udc: Fix incorrectly defined global

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Message-ID: <YB+l1t/k4VuSw3B9@kroah.com>
Date:   Sun, 7 Feb 2021 09:33:26 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@...il.com>
Cc:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: emxx_udc: Fix incorrectly defined global

On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 01:08:27PM +0530, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 12:04:41PM IST, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > 
> > Given that drivers/staging/emxx_udc/emxx_udc.h is only included by
> > drivers/staging/emxx_udc/emxx_udc.c, shouldn't these variables just be
> > declared static in emxx_udc.c and removed from emxx_udc.h?
> >
> 
> Either would be correct. I went this way because it was originally trying to
> (incorrectly) define a global variable instead. I guess they can be static now
> and when more users are added, the linkage can be adjusted as needed.
> 
> Here's another version of the patch:

<snip>

Please resend in the proper format that a second version of a patch
should be in (the documentation describes how to do this.)

thanks,

greg k-h