[PATCH -next] powerpc/security: Make symbol 'stf_barrier' static

Li Huafei lihuafei1 at huawei.com
Thu Apr 8 13:39:51 AEST 2021


The sparse tool complains as follows:

arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c:253:6: warning:
 symbol 'stf_barrier' was not declared. Should it be static?

This symbol is not used outside of security.c, so this commit marks it
static.

Signed-off-by: Li Huafei <lihuafei1 at huawei.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
index e4e1a94ccf6a..4de6bbd9672e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ ssize_t cpu_show_spectre_v2(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, c
 
 static enum stf_barrier_type stf_enabled_flush_types;
 static bool no_stf_barrier;
-bool stf_barrier;
+static bool stf_barrier;
 
 static int __init handle_no_stf_barrier(char *p)
 {
-- 
2.17.1



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