Re: [PATCH] staging: isdn: hysdn: fix symbol 'hysdn_proc_entry' was not declared.

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Jun 05 2019 - 10:24:39 EST


On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 03:53:49PM +0200, Valerio Genovese wrote:
> This was reported by sparse:
> drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_procconf.c:352:23: warning: symbol 'hysdn_proc_entry' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> Signed-off-by: Valerio Genovese <valerio.click@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h b/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h
> index cdac46a21692..a651686b1787 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h
> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ typedef struct hycapictrl_info hycapictrl_info;
> /* exported vars */
> /*****************/
> extern hysdn_card *card_root; /* pointer to first card */
> -
> +extern struct proc_dir_entry *hysdn_proc_entry; /* hysdn subdir in /proc/net
>
>
> /*************************/

Shouldn't you also remove it from the place it was devlared as extern?

Also, this is code on its way out of the kernel, not a big deal to leave
it alone for now.

thanks,

greg k-h