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

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Thu Jun 09 2022 - 20:04:42 EST


On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 12:55:13PM -0600, Alex Williamson 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!

Can you stick it in your branch please?

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks
Jason