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

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Date:   Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:17:06 +0200
From:   "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        martin@...ser.cx, straube.linux@...il.com,
        Larry.Finger@...inger.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove forward declaration of Efuse_Read1ByteFromFakeContent

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