+ list-remove-redundant-extern-for-function-prototypes.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

+ list-remove-redundant-extern-for-function-prototypes.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: list: remove redundant 'extern' for function prototypes
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     list-remove-redundant-extern-for-function-prototypes.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/list-remove-redundant-extern-for-function-prototypes.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Subject: list: remove redundant 'extern' for function prototypes
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 15:17:42 +0300

The 'extern' keyword is redundant for function prototypes.  list.h never
used them and new code in general is better without them.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250502121742.3997529-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/list.h |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/list.h~list-remove-redundant-extern-for-function-prototypes
+++ a/include/linux/list.h
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ static inline void INIT_LIST_HEAD(struct
  * Performs the full set of list corruption checks before __list_add().
  * On list corruption reports a warning, and returns false.
  */
-extern bool __list_valid_slowpath __list_add_valid_or_report(struct list_head *new,
-							     struct list_head *prev,
-							     struct list_head *next);
+bool __list_valid_slowpath __list_add_valid_or_report(struct list_head *new,
+						      struct list_head *prev,
+						      struct list_head *next);
 
 /*
  * Performs list corruption checks before __list_add(). Returns false if a
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static __always_inline bool __list_add_v
  * Performs the full set of list corruption checks before __list_del_entry().
  * On list corruption reports a warning, and returns false.
  */
-extern bool __list_valid_slowpath __list_del_entry_valid_or_report(struct list_head *entry);
+bool __list_valid_slowpath __list_del_entry_valid_or_report(struct list_head *entry);
 
 /*
  * Performs list corruption checks before __list_del_entry(). Returns false if a
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com are

util_macrosh-make-the-header-more-resilient.patch
kernelh-move-ptr_if-and-u64_to_user_ptr-to-util_macrosh.patch
util_macrosh-fix-the-reference-in-kernel-doc.patch
list-remove-redundant-extern-for-function-prototypes.patch