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From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
To: Rashika Kheria <rashika.kheria@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: memstick: Mark function memstick_debug_get_tpc_name() as static in r592.c
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 12:46:20 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131214204620.GL17601@leaf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131214130717.GA8361@rashika>

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 06:37:18PM +0530, Rashika Kheria wrote:
> This patch marks the function memstick_debug_get_tpc_name() as static in
> host/r592.c because it is not used outside this file.
> 
> Thus, it also eliminates the following warning in host/r592.c:
> drivers/memstick/host/r592.c:50:13: warning: no previous prototype for ‘memstick_debug_get_tpc_name’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]

In this case, memstick_debug_get_tpc_name is exported.  However, nothing
in the kernel uses it.  Thus, I'd suggest additionally deleting the
EXPORT_SYMBOL for it, leaving it as a static function only used
internally within that file.

>  drivers/memstick/host/r592.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c b/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c
> index 31727bf..1cd9307 100644
> --- a/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c
> +++ b/drivers/memstick/host/r592.c
> @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static const char *tpc_names[] = {
>   * memstick_debug_get_tpc_name - debug helper that returns string for
>   * a TPC number
>   */
> -const char *memstick_debug_get_tpc_name(int tpc)
> +static const char *memstick_debug_get_tpc_name(int tpc)
>  {
>  	return tpc_names[tpc-1];
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-14 20:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-14 13:07 [PATCH] drivers: memstick: Mark function memstick_debug_get_tpc_name() as static in r592.c Rashika Kheria
2013-12-14 20:46 ` Josh Triplett [this message]
2013-12-15 19:23 ` [PATCH v2] " Rashika Kheria
2013-12-15 20:13   ` Josh Triplett

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