RE: [PATCH] qed: add missing header dependencies

From: Yuval Mintz
Date: Wed Sep 07 2016 - 07:51:19 EST


> We get 4 warnings when building kernel with W=1:
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_selftest.c:6:5: warning: no previous
> prototype for 'qed_selftest_memory' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_selftest.c:19:5: warning: no previous
> prototype for 'qed_selftest_interrupt' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_selftest.c:32:5: warning: no previous
> prototype for 'qed_selftest_register' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_selftest.c:55:5: warning: no previous
> prototype for 'qed_selftest_clock' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
>
> In fact, these functions are declared in qed_selftest.h, so this patch add missing
> header dependencies.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@xxxxxxxxxx>

While I obviously have no strong objection for including qed_selftest.h
from qed_selftest.c, I'm not sure I understand which C standard dictates
this requirement.
Why should a function definition [not call] be preceded by a prototype?