netdev - Re: [PATCH] cxgb4: mark symbols static where possible

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Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2016 02:24:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     baoyou.xie@...aro.org
Cc:     hariprasad@...lsio.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, xie.baoyou@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxgb4: mark symbols static where possible

From: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 14:10:09 +0800

> We get 10 warnings when building kernel with W=1:
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c:304:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'cxgb4_dcb_enabled' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c:194:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'setup_sge_queues_uld' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c:241:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'free_sge_queues_uld' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c:268:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'cfg_queues_uld' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c:344:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'free_queues_uld' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c:353:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'request_msix_queue_irqs_uld' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c:379:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'free_msix_queue_irqs_uld' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c:393:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'name_msix_vecs_uld' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c:433:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'enable_rx_uld' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c:442:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'quiesce_rx_uld' [-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>

Applied.