[PATCH v4 07/25] reboot: Remove extern annotation from function prototypes

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 7:02 PM Dmitry Osipenko <digetx at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There is no need to annotate function prototypes with 'extern', it makes
> code less readable. Remove unnecessary annotations from <reboot.h>.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx at gmail.com>

I'm not sure that this is really useful.

Personally, I tend to respect the existing conventions like this.

Surely, this change is not required for the rest of the series to work.

> ---
>  include/linux/reboot.h | 38 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/reboot.h b/include/linux/reboot.h
> index 7c288013a3ca..b7fa25726323 100644
> --- a/include/linux/reboot.h
> +++ b/include/linux/reboot.h
> @@ -40,36 +40,36 @@ extern int reboot_cpu;
>  extern int reboot_force;
>
>
> -extern int register_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *);
> -extern int unregister_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *);
> +int register_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *);
> +int unregister_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *);
>
> -extern int devm_register_reboot_notifier(struct device *, struct notifier_block *);
> +int devm_register_reboot_notifier(struct device *, struct notifier_block *);
>
> -extern int register_restart_handler(struct notifier_block *);
> -extern int unregister_restart_handler(struct notifier_block *);
> -extern void do_kernel_restart(char *cmd);
> +int register_restart_handler(struct notifier_block *);
> +int unregister_restart_handler(struct notifier_block *);
> +void do_kernel_restart(char *cmd);
>
>  /*
>   * Architecture-specific implementations of sys_reboot commands.
>   */
>
> -extern void migrate_to_reboot_cpu(void);
> -extern void machine_restart(char *cmd);
> -extern void machine_halt(void);
> -extern void machine_power_off(void);
> +void migrate_to_reboot_cpu(void);
> +void machine_restart(char *cmd);
> +void machine_halt(void);
> +void machine_power_off(void);
>
> -extern void machine_shutdown(void);
> +void machine_shutdown(void);
>  struct pt_regs;
> -extern void machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *);
> +void machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *);
>
>  /*
>   * Architecture independent implementations of sys_reboot commands.
>   */
>
> -extern void kernel_restart_prepare(char *cmd);
> -extern void kernel_restart(char *cmd);
> -extern void kernel_halt(void);
> -extern void kernel_power_off(void);
> +void kernel_restart_prepare(char *cmd);
> +void kernel_restart(char *cmd);
> +void kernel_halt(void);
> +void kernel_power_off(void);
>
>  extern int C_A_D; /* for sysctl */
>  void ctrl_alt_del(void);
> @@ -77,15 +77,15 @@ void ctrl_alt_del(void);
>  #define POWEROFF_CMD_PATH_LEN  256
>  extern char poweroff_cmd[POWEROFF_CMD_PATH_LEN];
>
> -extern void orderly_poweroff(bool force);
> -extern void orderly_reboot(void);
> +void orderly_poweroff(bool force);
> +void orderly_reboot(void);
>  void hw_protection_shutdown(const char *reason, int ms_until_forced);
>
>  /*
>   * Emergency restart, callable from an interrupt handler.
>   */
>
> -extern void emergency_restart(void);
> +void emergency_restart(void);
>  #include <asm/emergency-restart.h>
>
>  #endif /* _LINUX_REBOOT_H */
> --
> 2.33.1
>