Re: [PATCH] lpfc: mark symbols static where possible
From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Mon Sep 05 2016 - 07:19:43 EST
On Sunday, September 4, 2016 3:07:27 PM CEST Baoyou Xie wrote:
> We get a few warnings when building kernel with W=1:
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c:5693:1: warning: no previous prototype for 'lpfc_set_features' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c:8972:1: warning: no previous prototype for 'lpfc_sli_calc_ring' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mbox.c:2264:1: warning: no previous prototype for 'lpfc_mbx_cmpl_rdp_link_stat' [-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@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>