linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH Resend 8/8] tools/power x86_energy_perf_policy: change intel msr functions to be static

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:55:55 -0600
From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
To: Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@....com>, rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com,
 Borislav.Petkov@....com, viresh.kumar@...aro.org, Ray.Huang@....com,
 gautham.shenoy@....com
Cc: Alexander.Deucher@....com, Xinmei.Huang@....com, Xiaojian.Du@....com,
 Li.Meng@....com, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH Resend 8/8] tools/power x86_energy_perf_policy: change
 intel msr functions to be static

On 1/29/2024 23:56, Perry Yuan wrote:
> change the intel_get_msr and intel_put_msr functions to be static.

Was this wrong from the beginning, or is it because of changes in your 
series?  You already have the "what" in the title.  I think the "why" 
should be described here.

> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@....com>
> ---
>   .../power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/x86_energy_perf_policy.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/x86_energy_perf_policy.c b/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/x86_energy_perf_policy.c
> index 845cfedab06e..a5f2f96fa383 100644
> --- a/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/x86_energy_perf_policy.c
> +++ b/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/x86_energy_perf_policy.c
> @@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ void err_on_hypervisor(void)
>   		    "not supported on this virtual machine");
>   }
>   
> -int intel_get_msr(int cpu, int offset, unsigned long long *msr)
> +static int intel_get_msr(int cpu, int offset, unsigned long long *msr)
>   {
>   	int retval;
>   	char pathname[32];
> @@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ int intel_get_msr(int cpu, int offset, unsigned long long *msr)
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> -int intel_put_msr(int cpu, int offset, unsigned long long new_msr)
> +static int intel_put_msr(int cpu, int offset, unsigned long long new_msr)
>   {
>   	char pathname[32];
>   	int retval;