[PATCH 11/19] powerpc/powermac: Move pmac_pfunc_base_install prototype to header file

LEROY Christophe christophe.leroy at c-s.fr
Fri Mar 30 02:51:16 AEDT 2018


Mathieu Malaterre <malat at debian.org> a écrit :

> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 1:13 PM, christophe leroy
> <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Le 22/03/2018 à 21:19, Mathieu Malaterre a écrit :
>>>
>>> The pmac_pfunc_base_install prototype was declared in powermac/smp.c since
>>> function was used there, move it to pmac_pfunc.h header to be visible in
>>> pfunc_base.c. Fix a warning treated as error with W=1:
>>>
>>>    arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pfunc_base.c:330:12: error: no previous
>>> prototype for ‘pmac_pfunc_base_install’ [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat at debian.org>
>>> ---
>>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_pfunc.h | 1 +
>>>   arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c | 1 -
>>>   2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_pfunc.h
>>> b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_pfunc.h
>>> index 73bd8f28f2a8..99f7a288789a 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_pfunc.h
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pmac_pfunc.h
>>> @@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ extern void pmf_put_function(struct pmf_function
>>> *func);
>>>     extern int pmf_call_one(struct pmf_function *func, struct pmf_args
>>> *args);
>>>   +extern int pmac_pfunc_base_install(void);
>>
>>
>>
>> extern keyword is not needed
>
> I understand; but for consistency every single protoypes in this
> header file actually use the extern keyword. Is there a guide/best
> practice to refer to in this case ?

Consistancy is not a valid reason to continue bad practice. Every  
single modufication is an opportunity to clean things up

You should run script/checkpatch.pl --strict on all your patches  
before submitting.
And follow as much as possible the linux codying style

Christophe

>
>> Christophe
>>
>>>     /* Suspend/resume code called by via-pmu directly for now */
>>>   extern void pmac_pfunc_base_suspend(void);
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
>>> b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
>>> index 95275e0e2efa..447da6db450a 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/smp.c
>>> @@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
>>>   #endif
>>>     extern void __secondary_start_pmac_0(void);
>>> -extern int pmac_pfunc_base_install(void);
>>>     static void (*pmac_tb_freeze)(int freeze);
>>>   static u64 timebase;
>>>
>>
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