Re: [PATCH] fbcon: mark dummy functions 'inline'

From: Daniel Vetter
Date: Wed Aug 02 2017 - 06:03:24 EST


On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The newly introduced fb_console_init/exit declarations have a
> dummy alternative that is marked 'static' in the header but not
> inline, leading to a warning whenever the header gets included:
>
> In file included from drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:35:0:
> include/linux/fbcon.h:9:13: error: 'fb_console_exit' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
>
> This adds the intended 'inline'.
>
> Fixes: 6104c37094e7 ("fbcon: Make fbcon a built-time depency for fbdev")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/linux/fbcon.h | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/fbcon.h b/include/linux/fbcon.h
> index 0fac6305d51c..f68a7db14165 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fbcon.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fbcon.h
> @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
> void __init fb_console_init(void);
> void __exit fb_console_exit(void);
> #else
> -static void fb_console_init(void) {}
> -static void fb_console_exit(void) {}
> +static inline void fb_console_init(void) {}
> +static inline void fb_console_exit(void) {}
> #endif
>
> #endif /* _LINUX_FBCON_H */
> --
> 2.9.0
>



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