Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: i40e: fix build error

[Wang, Dongsheng]

On 2018/9/4 18:54, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> On 9/4/2018 12:48 PM, Wang Dongsheng wrote:
>
>> Remove "inline" from __i40e_add_stat_strings.
>>
>> In file included from
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c:9:0:
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c: In function
>> ‘__i40e_add_stat_strings’:
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool_stats.h:193:20: error:
>> function ‘__i40e_add_stat_strings’ can never be inlined because it uses
>> variable argument lists
>>   static inline void __i40e_add_stat_strings(u8 **p, const struct
>> 					    i40e_stats stats[],
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wang Dongsheng <dongsheng.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool_stats.h | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool_stats.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool_stats.h
>> index bba1cb0..0290ade 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool_stats.h
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool_stats.h
>> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ struct i40e_stats {
>>    * Format and copy the strings described by stats into the buffer pointed at
>>    * by p.
>>    **/
>> -static inline void __i40e_add_stat_strings(u8 **p, const struct i40e_stats stats[],
>> +static void __i40e_add_stat_strings(u8 **p, const struct i40e_stats stats[],
>     You can't have non-inline function in a header file. Please move it, 
> leaving only prototype here.
:(. Oops, a stupid mistake...fix an error and bring in another
error...Thanks.

Cheers,
-Dongsheng
>>   				    const unsigned int size, ...)
>>   {
>>   	unsigned int i;
> MBR, Sergei
>