The variable is only ever used inside the file where it's defined, therefore it can have static storage. This also resolves a violation of MISRA C:2012 Rule 8.4 due to the absence of a declaration prior to the definition.
Signed-off-by: Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetr...@bugseng.com> Fixes: 3ba523ff957c ("CPUIDLE: enable MSI capable HPET for timer broadcast") --- xen/arch/x86/hpet.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hpet.c b/xen/arch/x86/hpet.c index a2df1c7df401..79c07f6a9e09 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/hpet.c +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hpet.c @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static struct hpet_event_channel *__read_mostly hpet_events; /* msi hpet channels used for broadcast */ static unsigned int __read_mostly num_hpets_used; -DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct hpet_event_channel *, cpu_bc_channel); +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct hpet_event_channel *, cpu_bc_channel); unsigned long __initdata hpet_address; int8_t __initdata opt_hpet_legacy_replacement = -1; -- 2.34.1