linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fbdev: fbmem: mark registered

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:07:16 +0200
From:   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:     Min-Hua Chen <minhuadotchen@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
Cc:     linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev: fbmem: mark registered_fb static

On 7/14/23 02:37, Min-Hua Chen wrote:
> Mark registered_fb, num_registered_fb, fbcon_registered_fb, and
> fbcon_num_registered_fb static to fix the following sparse
> warnings:
>
> drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:51:16: sparse: warning: symbol 'registered_fb' was not declared. Should it be static?
> drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:52:5: sparse: warning: symbol 'num_registered_fb' was not declared. Should it be static?
> drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:105:16: sparse: warning: symbol 'fbcon_registered_fb' was not declared. Should it be static?
> drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:106:5: sparse: warning: symbol 'fbcon_num_registered_fb' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> No functional change intended.

num_registered_fb is still used in:
drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon.c:  if (num_registered_fb < 1) {

Helge