linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: vchiq_arm: change vchiq_platform

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Date:   Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:19:55 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
Cc:     nsaenz@...nel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        stefan.wahren@...e.com, gascoar@...il.com, ojaswin98@...il.com,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: vchiq_arm: change vchiq_platform_init from
 global to static

On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 09:36:16AM -0400, Tom Rix wrote:
> Smatch reports this issue
> vchiq_arm.c:466:5: warning: symbol 'vchiq_platform_init' was not declared. Should it be static?
> 
> vchiq_platform_init is only used in vchiq_arm.c.  Single file variables should
> not be global so change vchiq_platform_init's storage-class specifier to static.

You did not change a variable, you changed a function type.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
> ---
> v2: refomat commit log

Why did you not fix the build breakage?

{sigh}