On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 04:27:59AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 09:42:49PM -0400, Josef Sipek wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 10:23:30PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > This patch makes some needlessly global functions static. > > > > > ... > > > --- linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/fs/unionfs/lookup.c.old 2007-07-01 > > > 00:05:02.000000000 +0200 > > > +++ linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/fs/unionfs/lookup.c 2007-07-01 > > > 00:06:05.000000000 +0200 > > > @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ > > > > > > #include "union.h" > > > > > > +static int realloc_dentry_private_data(struct dentry *dentry); > > > + > > > /* is the filename valid == !(whiteout for a file or opaque dir marker) > > > */ > > > > I forget who said it, but someone wasn't very happy with prototypes like > > that in .c files. What's the prefered way - are they ok for static symbols? > > It might have even been me who said this - but about global functions. > > For global functions, prototypes in header files allow gcc to check > whether the prototype matches the actual function. With a prototype > in the C file of the caller that's not possible, and if they are > different it can result in nasty runtime errors. > > For static functions that's not an issue since gcc sees both the > prototype and the actual function. Ok, fair enough. Applied & pushed to korg tree.
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