On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 19:26:34 +1100 "Alastair D'Silva" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Baoquan He <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2020 7:15 PM > > To: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected]; Aneesh Kumar K . V > > <[email protected]>; Oliver O'Halloran <[email protected]>; > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]>; Paul Mackerras > > <[email protected]>; Michael Ellerman <[email protected]>; Frederic > > Barrat <[email protected]>; Andrew Donnellan <[email protected]>; > > Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>; Greg Kroah-Hartman > > <[email protected]>; Dan Williams <[email protected]>; > > Vishal Verma <[email protected]>; Dave Jiang > > <[email protected]>; Ira Weiny <[email protected]>; Andrew Morton > > <[email protected]>; Mauro Carvalho Chehab > > <[email protected]>; David S. Miller <[email protected]>; > > Rob Herring <[email protected]>; Anton Blanchard <[email protected]>; > > Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>; Mahesh Salgaonkar > > <[email protected]>; Madhavan Srinivasan > > <[email protected]>; Cédric Le Goater <[email protected]>; Anju T > > Sudhakar <[email protected]>; Hari Bathini > > <[email protected]>; Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>; Greg > > Kurz <[email protected]>; Nicholas Piggin <[email protected]>; Masahiro > > Yamada <[email protected]>; Alexey Kardashevskiy > > <[email protected]>; [email protected]; linuxppc- > > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/27] ocxl: Remove unnecessary externs > > > > On 02/21/20 at 02:26pm, Alastair D'Silva wrote: > > > From: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]> > > > > > > Function declarations don't need externs, remove the existing ones so > > > they are consistent with newer code > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <[email protected]> > > > --- > > > arch/powerpc/include/asm/pnv-ocxl.h | 32 ++++++++++++++--------------- > > > include/misc/ocxl.h | 6 +++--- > > > 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pnv-ocxl.h > > > b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pnv-ocxl.h > > > index 0b2a6707e555..b23c99bc0c84 100644 > > > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pnv-ocxl.h > > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pnv-ocxl.h > > > @@ -9,29 +9,27 @@ > > > #define PNV_OCXL_TL_BITS_PER_RATE 4 > > > #define PNV_OCXL_TL_RATE_BUF_SIZE > > ((PNV_OCXL_TL_MAX_TEMPLATE+1) * PNV_OCXL_TL_BITS_PER_RATE / 8) > > > > > > -extern int pnv_ocxl_get_actag(struct pci_dev *dev, u16 *base, u16 > > *enabled, > > > - u16 *supported); > > > > It works w or w/o extern when declare functions. Searching 'extern' > > under include can find so many functions with 'extern' adding. Do we have > a > > explicit standard if we should add or remove 'exter' in function > declaration? > > > > I have no objection to this patch, just want to make clear so that I can > handle > > it w/o confusion. > > > > Thanks > > Baoquan > > > > For the OpenCAPI driver, we have settled on not having 'extern' on > functions. > > I don't think I've seen a standard that supports or refutes this, but it > does not value add. > FWIW this is a warning condition for checkpatch: $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict -f include/misc/ocxl.h [...] CHECK: extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files #176: FILE: include/misc/ocxl.h:176: +extern int ocxl_afu_irq_alloc(struct ocxl_context *ctx, int *irq_id); [...] _______________________________________________ Linux-nvdimm mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
