linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: Make dell_uart_bl_serdev

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Message-ID: <39360526-f56e-4fdc-b631-2381f10a58d2@amd.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 11:22:07 -0600
From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
To: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
 Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: Make
 dell_uart_bl_serdev_driver static

On 3/4/2025 10:06, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> Sparse reports:
> 
> dell-uart-backlight.c:328:29: warning: symbol
> 'dell_uart_bl_serdev_driver' was not declared. Should it be static?
> 
> Fix it by making the symbol static.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>

Fixes: 484bae9e4d6ac ("platform/x86: Add new Dell UART backlight driver")
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <maroi.limonciello@....com>

> ---
>   drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
> index 50002ef13d5d..8f868f845350 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
> @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static int dell_uart_bl_serdev_probe(struct serdev_device *serdev)
>   	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dell_bl->bl);
>   }
>   
> -struct serdev_device_driver dell_uart_bl_serdev_driver = {
> +static struct serdev_device_driver dell_uart_bl_serdev_driver = {
>   	.probe = dell_uart_bl_serdev_probe,
>   	.driver = {
>   		.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,