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

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Date:   Sun, 18 Sep 2016 12:10:08 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
Cc:     jiri@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, xie.baoyou@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mlxsw: spectrum: mark symbols static where possible

Hi,

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 04:39:47PM +0800, Baoyou Xie wrote:
> We get 3 warnings when building kernel with W=1:
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c:251:29: warning: no previous prototype for 'mlxsw_sp_span_entry_find' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c:265:29: warning: no previous prototype for 'mlxsw_sp_span_entry_get' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c:1749:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'mlxsw_sp_fib_entry_put' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> 
> In fact, these functions are only used in the file in which they are
> declared and don't need a declaration, but can be made static.
> so this patch marks these functions with 'static'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>

Thanks for the patch! We already have a patch that fixes sparse warnings
(including these) queued up. See:
https://github.com/jpirko/linux_mlxsw/commit/4800ed89f5da55a42a173d5cf9225d4fbb8a96bd

But since we already have one patch under review we've yet to submit it.
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/670846/

Do you mind dropping this and instead let our patch (with the rest of
the fixes) go through?

Thanks, Ido.