RE: [char-misc:char-misc-next 21/24] drivers/misc/mchp_pci1xxxx/mchp_pci1xxxx_gpio.c:135:34: sparse: sparse: symbol 'pci1xxxx_gpio_auxiliary_id_table' was not declared. Should it be static?

From: Kumaravel.Thiagarajan
Date: Tue Sep 06 2022 - 14:02:39 EST


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> To: Kumaravel Thiagarajan - I21417 <Kumaravel.Thiagarajan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: kbuild-all@xxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Greg Kroah-
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> Subject: [char-misc:char-misc-next 21/24]
> drivers/misc/mchp_pci1xxxx/mchp_pci1xxxx_gpio.c:135:34: sparse: sparse:
> symbol 'pci1xxxx_gpio_auxiliary_id_table' was not declared. Should it be
> static?
>
> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git
> char-misc-next
> head: 50e177c5bfd9abc3828cb57e14e6169170f6764a
> commit: 7d3e4d807df2a216b9aa2944372f2b3f6ef3f205 [21/24] misc:
> microchip: pci1xxxx: load gpio driver for the gpio controller auxiliary device
> enumerated by the auxiliary bus driver.
> config: i386-randconfig-s033-20220905
> compiler: gcc-11 (Debian 11.3.0-5) 11.3.0
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> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
> >> drivers/misc/mchp_pci1xxxx/mchp_pci1xxxx_gpio.c:135:34: sparse:
> sparse: symbol 'pci1xxxx_gpio_auxiliary_id_table' was not declared. Should it
> be static?
Greg, do I need to submit another patch to resolve this warning on char-misc-next?
I did not combine this with the last patch thinking that the last patch would
be merged with the commit that introduced the errors and not queued.

Thank You.

Regards,
Kumaravel