Re: [PATCH] vfio: de-extern-ify function prototypes

[Cornelia Huck]

On Wed, Jun 08 2022, Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The use of 'extern' in function prototypes has been disrecommended in
> the kernel coding style for several years now, remove them from all vfio
> related files so contributors no longer need to decide between style and
> consistency.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> A patch in the same vein was proposed about a year ago, but tied to an ill
> fated series and forgotten.  Now that we're at the beginning of a new
> development cycle, I'd like to propose kicking off the v5.20 vfio next
> branch with this patch and would kindly ask anyone with pending respins or
> significant conflicts to rebase on top of this patch.  Thanks!
>
>  Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst |   10 ++-
>  drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.h                    |   12 ++--
>  drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h               |    6 +-
>  drivers/vfio/fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc_private.h         |    2 -
>  drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_private.h     |   21 +++---
>  include/linux/vfio.h                              |   70 ++++++++++-----------
>  include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h                     |   65 ++++++++++----------
>  7 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx>