[lustre-devel] [PATCH] staging: lov.ko: lov_object.c: fix sparse warning setting function to static

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Mon Oct 17 12:38:38 PDT 2016


On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 03:21:52PM -0400, Ryan Swan wrote:
> Fixed: sparse WARNING: symbol 'lov_read_and_clear_async_rc' was not declared. Should it be static?

I don't believe you actually test-built this change :(

> 
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Swan <ryan at ryanswan.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_object.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_object.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_object.c
> index 82b99e0..c42eef6 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_object.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_object.c
> @@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ struct lov_stripe_md *lov_lsm_addref(struct lov_object *lov)
>  	return lsm;
>  }
>  
> -int lov_read_and_clear_async_rc(struct cl_object *clob)
> +static int lov_read_and_clear_async_rc(struct cl_object *clob)

You are turning a symbol that is explicitly exported into a static one?
How is the compiler supposed to figure out what to do when you do that?

Again, always test-build your patches so you don't get a grumpy
maintainer telling you to test-build your patches...

greg k-h


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