Re: why the interrupt handler should be marked "static" for it is never called directly from another file.

[n l]

I see, if a function in a module is not marked by static ,it can be
accessed by any other function in kernel, while , using a static can
avoid it .

thanks a lot !!


2005/8/11, Giuliano Pochini <pochini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, n l wrote:
> 
> > could you explain its reason for using static ?
> 
> Anything which is never referenced from another file should be
> static in order to keep namespace pollution low.
> 
> 
> --
> Giuliano.
>
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