Re: [PATCH] staging: isdn: hysdn: fix symbol 'hysdn_proc_entry' was not declared.

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 03:53:49PM +0200, Valerio Genovese wrote:
> This was reported by sparse:
> drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_procconf.c:352:23: warning: symbol 'hysdn_proc_entry' was not declared. Should it be static?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Valerio Genovese <valerio.click@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h b/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h
> index cdac46a21692..a651686b1787 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_defs.h
> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ typedef struct hycapictrl_info hycapictrl_info;
>  /* exported vars */
>  /*****************/
>  extern hysdn_card *card_root;	/* pointer to first card */
> -
> +extern struct proc_dir_entry *hysdn_proc_entry; /* hysdn subdir in /proc/net
>  
>  
>  /*************************/

Shouldn't you also remove it from the place it was devlared as extern?

Also, this is code on its way out of the kernel, not a big deal to leave
it alone for now.

thanks,

greg k-h