netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: hns: mark symbols static where possible

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Message-Id: <20160927.075014.320869544955826394.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 27 Sep 2016 07:50:14 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     baoyou.xie@...aro.org
Cc:     yisen.zhuang@...wei.com, yankejian@...wei.com,
        huangdaode@...ilicon.com, lisheng011@...wei.com,
        lipeng321@...wei.com, xieqianqian@...wei.com, fabf@...net.be,
        colin.king@...onical.com, geliangtang@....com, arnd@...db.de,
        andrew@...n.ch, chenny.xu@...wei.com, xypron.glpk@....de,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        xie.baoyou@....com.cn, han.fei@....com.cn, tang.qiang007@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: hns: mark symbols static where possible

From: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@...aro.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:13:38 +0800

> We get a few warnings when building kernel with W=1:
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c:76:21: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_ae_get_handle' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c:274:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_ae_stop' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c:302:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_ae_toggle_ring_irq' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c:490:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_ae_update_stats' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c:573:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_ae_get_stats' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c:605:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_ae_get_strings' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c:638:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_ae_get_sset_count' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c:687:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_ae_update_led_status' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c:698:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_ae_cpld_set_led_id' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c:710:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_ae_get_regs' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c:735:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'hns_ae_get_regs_len' [-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>

This still doesn't apply to the net-next tree.

If you aren't actually building your patch against the net-next
tree, don't bother submitting these patches any more.