Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8192e: Fix sparse warning

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Apr 06 2014 - 14:26:37 EST


On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 01:23:15PM -0500, Joel Pelaez Jorge wrote:
> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c:1323:24: warning:
> symbol 'r8192_wx_handlers_def' was not declared. Should it be static
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Pelaez Jorge <joelpelaez@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c
> b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c
> index 498995d..5baa699 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
> #include <linux/string.h>
> #include "rtl_core.h"
>
> +extern struct iw_handler_def r8192_wx_handlers_def;

Don't put "extern" in a .c file, that's never the correct solution.

thanks,

greg k-h
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