Re: [PATCH] vfio/mdev: make create attribute static

From: Alex Williamson
Date: Fri Jan 10 2020 - 11:03:06 EST


On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:31:19 +0000
"Ben Dooks (Codethink)" <ben.dooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The create attribute is not exported, so make it
> static to avoid the following sparse warning:
>
> drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c:77:1: warning: symbol 'mdev_type_attr_create' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks (Codethink) <ben.dooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
> index 7570c7602ab4..8ad14e5c02bf 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static ssize_t create_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct device *dev,
> return count;
> }
>
> -MDEV_TYPE_ATTR_WO(create);
> +static MDEV_TYPE_ATTR_WO(create);
>
> static void mdev_type_release(struct kobject *kobj)
> {

Applied to vfio next branch for v5.6 with Connie's R-b. Thanks,

Alex