netdev - Re: [PATCH] mISDN: mark symbols static where possible

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Message-Id: <201608291415.41294.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:   Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:15:41 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
Cc:     isdn@...ux-pingi.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xie.baoyou@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mISDN: mark symbols static where possible

On Monday 29 August 2016, Baoyou Xie wrote:
> We get 1 warning when biuld kernel with W=1:
> drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/w6692.c:851:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'initW6692' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> 
> In fact, this function is only used in the file in which it is declared
> and don't need a declaration, but can be made static.
> so this patch marks it 'static'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/w6692.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

The patch looks good, but now you have sent two different patches with the same subject
line. Since this is just one driver and each instance is a trivial change, I'd suggest
doing a single combined patch for them.

Similarly, when you have multiple patches within one subsystem (e.g. two different scsi
drivers), it helps to have a series of patches as you did with the ASoC patches.

	Arnd