linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove forward declaration of Efuse

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Date:   Sat, 21 Aug 2021 10:30:27 +0200
From:   Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
To:     "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        martin@...ser.cx, Larry.Finger@...inger.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove forward declaration of
 Efuse_Read1ByteFromFakeContent



On 8/21/21 5:17 AM, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> On Saturday, August 21, 2021 2:05:08 AM CEST Phillip Potter wrote:
>> Remove forward declaration of Efuse_Read1ByteFromFakeContent function
>> from core/rtw_efuse.c, as the function is defined in full directly
>> after this and therefore this forward declaration is redundant.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
>> ---
>>   drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c | 6 ------
>>   1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
> 
> Philip,
> 
> It's pretty clear that this function has only a translation unit visibility.
> Why don't you make it clear by defining it with storage class "static"?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Fabio
> 
> 

Hi Phillip,

I agree with Fabio, making the function static avoids the 
[-Wmissing-prototypes] warning and makes it clear that it is only used 
in this file.

Thanks,

Michael