Re: [PATCH] perf/core: Mark perf_pmu_snapshot_aux() as static

From: Souptick Joarder
Date: Fri Apr 02 2021 - 16:09:04 EST


On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 7:47 AM Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Kernel test robot throws below warning ->
>
> kernel/events/core.c:6535:6: warning: no previous prototype for
> 'perf_pmu_snapshot_aux' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> 6535 | long perf_pmu_snapshot_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb,
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Marking perf_pmu_snapshot_aux() as static as it is not used outside
> this file.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>

Any comment on this patch ?

> ---
> kernel/events/core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index 55d1879..a4ba6fd 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -6532,7 +6532,7 @@ static unsigned long perf_prepare_sample_aux(struct perf_event *event,
> return data->aux_size;
> }
>
> -long perf_pmu_snapshot_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb,
> +static long perf_pmu_snapshot_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb,
> struct perf_event *event,
> struct perf_output_handle *handle,
> unsigned long size)
> --
> 1.9.1
>