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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:47:39 -0800
From: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>, Shyam-sundar.S-k@....com,
 mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com
Cc: hdegoede@...hat.com, ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com,
 platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] platform/x86: intel_scu_ipcutil: Make scu static


On 2/19/24 9:45 PM, Armin Wolf wrote:
> The variable is only used internally and has no external users,
> so it should me made static.
>
> Compile-tested only.
>
> Fixes: 663cc18861a0 ("platform/x86: intel_scu_ipcutil: Convert to use new SCU IPC API")
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
> ---


Since it is not a bug fix, I am not sure whether it makes sense to add Fixes: tag.

But the change wise, it is fine.

Reviewed-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>


>  drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipcutil.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipcutil.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipcutil.c
> index b7c10c15a3d6..7d87cbd4b9c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipcutil.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipcutil.c
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
>
>  static int major;
>
> -struct intel_scu_ipc_dev *scu;
> +static struct intel_scu_ipc_dev *scu;
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(scu_lock);
>
>  /* IOCTL commands */
> --
> 2.39.2
>
>
-- 
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer