Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: ni_mio_common.c: local functions should be static

[Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>]

On 2012-06-05 19:20, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> Local functions should be marked static to prevent them from
> being exposed globally.
>
> This quiets the following sparse warnings:
>
> warning: symbol 'ni_release_gpct_mite_channel' was not declared. Should it be static?
> warning: symbol 'ni_prime_channelgain_list' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten<hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
> Cc: Ian Abbott<abbotti@mev.co.uk>
> Cc: Mori Hess<fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>
> ---
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c
> index fd232bc..3b3a0b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c
> @@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ static void ni_release_ao_mite_channel(struct comedi_device *dev)
>   #endif /*  PCIDMA */
>   }
>
> -void ni_release_gpct_mite_channel(struct comedi_device *dev,
> +static void ni_release_gpct_mite_channel(struct comedi_device *dev,
>   				  unsigned gpct_index)
>   {
>   #ifdef PCIDMA
> @@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ static int ni_ai_insn_read(struct comedi_device *dev,
>   	return insn->n;
>   }

This results in a compiler warning about the unused function 
ni_release_gpct_mite_channel when compiling ni_atmio.c.  It was unused 
before of course, but now it is static, the compiler realizes it!

It could be fixed for now by moving the '#ifdef PCIDMA' and matching 
'#endif' to surround the whole function, though I guess we want to try 
and get rid of the #ifdef's eventually.  It's tricky because 
ni_mio_common.c isn't a standalone compilation unit, it's #include'd by 
some other .c files.  We might need to have a go at splitting it up at 
some point.

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