From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: nf_tables*.h: Remove extern from function prototypes Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:19:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20131021.171921.650196864241149083.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1382245531.2041.37.camel@joe-AO722> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: joe@perches.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1382245531.2041.37.camel@joe-AO722> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Joe Perches 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 I'll apply this directly, thanks Joe.