[PATCH] debugfs: fix sparse warnings

[PATCH] debugfs: fix sparse warnings

[Harvey Harrison]

extern does not belong in C files, move declaration to linux/debugfs.h
fs/debugfs/file.c:42:30: warning: symbol 'debugfs_file_operations' was not declared. Should it be static?
fs/debugfs/file.c:54:31: warning: symbol 'debugfs_link_operations' was not declared. Should it be static?

Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
---
 fs/debugfs/inode.c      |    4 ----
 include/linux/debugfs.h |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index d26e282..e9602d8 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUGFS_MAGIC	0x64626720
 
-/* declared over in file.c */
-extern struct file_operations debugfs_file_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations debugfs_link_operations;
-
 static struct vfsmount *debugfs_mount;
 static int debugfs_mount_count;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index f592d6d..7266124 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ struct debugfs_blob_wrapper {
 };
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
+
+/* declared over in file.c */
+extern const struct file_operations debugfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations debugfs_link_operations;
+
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_file(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 				   struct dentry *parent, void *data,
 				   const struct file_operations *fops);
-- 
1.5.4.1.1278.gc75be

patch debugfs-fix-sparse-warnings.patch added to gregkh-2.6 tree

[gregkh]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

     Subject: debugfs: fix sparse warnings

to my gregkh-2.6 tree.  Its filename is

     debugfs-fix-sparse-warnings.patch

This tree can be found at 
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/patches/


>From harvey.harrison@gmail.com Wed Feb 13 17:08:21 2008
From: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:08:16 -0800
Subject: debugfs: fix sparse warnings
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Message-ID: <1202951296.18204.39.camel@brick>


extern does not belong in C files, move declaration to linux/debugfs.h
fs/debugfs/file.c:42:30: warning: symbol 'debugfs_file_operations' was not declared. Should it be static?
fs/debugfs/file.c:54:31: warning: symbol 'debugfs_link_operations' was not declared. Should it be static?

Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
 fs/debugfs/inode.c      |    4 ----
 include/linux/debugfs.h |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUGFS_MAGIC	0x64626720
 
-/* declared over in file.c */
-extern struct file_operations debugfs_file_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations debugfs_link_operations;
-
 static struct vfsmount *debugfs_mount;
 static int debugfs_mount_count;
 
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ struct debugfs_blob_wrapper {
 };
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
+
+/* declared over in file.c */
+extern const struct file_operations debugfs_file_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations debugfs_link_operations;
+
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_file(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 				   struct dentry *parent, void *data,
 				   const struct file_operations *fops);


Patches currently in gregkh-2.6 which might be from harvey.harrison@gmail.com are

driver/debugfs-fix-sparse-warnings.patch