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

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Message-ID: <20160918133332.37f239f2@free-electrons.com>
Date:   Sun, 18 Sep 2016 13:33:32 +0200
From:   Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        arnd@...db.de, xie.baoyou@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mvneta: mark symbols static where possible

Hello,

On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:20:45 +0800, Baoyou Xie wrote:
> We get 2 warnings when building kernel with W=1:
> drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c:639:27: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvneta_get_stats64' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c:3529:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'mvneta_ethtool_set_link_ksettings' [-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>

Acked-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>

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