Re: [PATCH] staging: vchiq_arm: change vchiq_platform_init from global to static

Greg KH
2022-04-19T12:15:04Z

On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 12:43:56PM -0400, Tom Rix wrote:
> Smatch reports this issue
> vchiq_arm.c:466:5: warning: symbol 'vchiq_platform_init'
> was not declared. Should it be static?

Error messages can all go on one line.

> vchiq_platform_init is only used in vchiq_arm.c. Single
> file variables should not be global so change
> vchiq_platform_init's storage-class specifier to static.

You have a full 72 columns, please use them.

>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> index 0596ac61e286..7de98655e8ec 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ free_pagelist(struct vchiq_pagelist_info *pagelistinfo,
> cleanup_pagelistinfo(pagelistinfo);
> }
>
> -int vchiq_platform_init(struct platform_device *pdev, struct vchiq_state *state)
> +static int vchiq_platform_init(struct platform_device *pdev, struct vchiq_state *state)
> {
> struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> struct vchiq_drvdata *drvdata = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> --
> 2.27.0
>
>

Always test build your patches. To not do so is a bit rude, don't you
think?

{sigh}