Re: [PATCH] fix:gpio: mark symbols static where possible

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Mon Aug 29 2016 - 08:14:15 EST


Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> We get 1 warning about global functions without a declaration
> in the ath9k gpio driver when building with W=1:
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/gpio.c:25:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'ath_fill_led_pin' [-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@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/gpio.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

The commit title should be:

ath9k: mark ath_fill_led_pin() static

Check the wiki how to create titles:

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#subject_name

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Kalle Valo