Re: [PATCH] prio_tree.c: quiet sparse noise

From: Li Zefan
Date: Thu Jan 14 2010 - 19:52:16 EST


H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> prio_tree.c: quiet sparse noise
>
> The function prio_tree_init is called during start_kernel. Since it
> is an __init function it is not exposed as an exported symbol.
> A sparse build produces the following warning because of this:
>
> warning: symbol 'prio_tree_init' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> Quiet the warning by declaring the function as an extern before
> it's definition.
>

Why don't you add a declaration of prio_tree_init() to prio_tree.h,
and let kernel/main.c include it?

> Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> diff --git a/lib/prio_tree.c b/lib/prio_tree.c
> index ccfd850..a677200 100644
> --- a/lib/prio_tree.c
> +++ b/lib/prio_tree.c
> @@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ static void get_index(const struct prio_tree_root *root,
>
> static unsigned long index_bits_to_maxindex[BITS_PER_LONG];
>
> +/* Keep sparse happy since this is not an EXPORT_SYMBOL */
> +extern void prio_tree_init(void);
> +
> void __init prio_tree_init(void)
> {
> unsigned int i;
> --
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