linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 1/1] list: Remove redundant 'extern' for function prototypes

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Message-ID: <20250502121742.3997529-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Date: Fri,  2 May 2025 15:17:42 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/1] list: Remove redundant 'extern' for function prototypes

The 'extern' keyword is redundant for function prototypes.
list.h never used them and new code in general is better
without them.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/list.h | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index 29a375889fb8..e7e28afd28f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ static inline void INIT_LIST_HEAD(struct list_head *list)
  * Performs the full set of list corruption checks before __list_add().
  * On list corruption reports a warning, and returns false.
  */
-extern bool __list_valid_slowpath __list_add_valid_or_report(struct list_head *new,
-							     struct list_head *prev,
-							     struct list_head *next);
+bool __list_valid_slowpath __list_add_valid_or_report(struct list_head *new,
+						      struct list_head *prev,
+						      struct list_head *next);
 
 /*
  * Performs list corruption checks before __list_add(). Returns false if a
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static __always_inline bool __list_add_valid(struct list_head *new,
  * Performs the full set of list corruption checks before __list_del_entry().
  * On list corruption reports a warning, and returns false.
  */
-extern bool __list_valid_slowpath __list_del_entry_valid_or_report(struct list_head *entry);
+bool __list_valid_slowpath __list_del_entry_valid_or_report(struct list_head *entry);
 
 /*
  * Performs list corruption checks before __list_del_entry(). Returns false if a
-- 
2.47.2