Re: [RFC PATCH 5/5] kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c:185 fix a sparse warning

From: josh
Date: Wed Jun 11 2014 - 17:48:00 EST


On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 04:39:43PM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
> fix the following sparse warning
>
> kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c:185:1: warning: symbol 'boost_mutex' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> by marking boost_mutex as a static mutex
>
> Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx>

Please preserve the comment alignment (by deleting a tab). With that
fixed:
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> index 7fa34f8..1cd4b2d 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static u64 notrace rcu_trace_clock_local(void)
> #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TRACE */
>
> static unsigned long boost_starttime; /* jiffies of next boost test start. */
> -DEFINE_MUTEX(boost_mutex); /* protect setting boost_starttime */
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(boost_mutex); /* protect setting boost_starttime */
> /* and boost task create/destroy. */
> static atomic_t barrier_cbs_count; /* Barrier callbacks registered. */
> static bool barrier_phase; /* Test phase. */
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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