From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: joe@perches.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: nf_tables*.h: Remove extern from function prototypes
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:19:21 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131021.171921.650196864241149083.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1382245531.2041.37.camel@joe-AO722>
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:05:31 -0700
> There are a mix of function prototypes with and without extern
> in the kernel sources. Standardize on not using extern for
> function prototypes.
>
> Function prototypes don't need to be written with extern.
> extern is assumed by the compiler. Its use is as unnecessary as
> using auto to declare automatic/local variables in a block.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
I'll apply this directly, thanks Joe.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-18 20:48 [PATCH 0/4] net: Remove extern from function prototypes Joe Perches
2013-10-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 1/4] net: 8021q/bluetooth/bridge/can/ceph: " Joe Perches
2013-10-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 2/4] net: dccp: " Joe Perches
2013-10-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 3/4] net: ipv4/ipv6: " Joe Perches
2013-10-18 20:48 ` [PATCH 4/4] net: misc: " Joe Perches
2013-10-19 23:12 ` [PATCH 0/4] net: " David Miller
2013-10-20 5:05 ` nf_tables*.h: " Joe Perches
2013-10-21 21:19 ` David Miller [this message]
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