On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 16:14:01 -0500 (EST)
Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > Could anyone help me fix this bug?
> > 
> > I couldn't figure out what is happening.
> > 
> > Here's the bug:
> > drivers/usb/core/hub.c: In function 'usb_new_device':
> > drivers/usb/core/hub.c:1293: error: invalid storage class for function 
> > '__usb_port_suspend'
> > drivers/usb/core/hub.c:1294: warning: implicit declaration of function 
> > '__usb_port_suspend'
> > drivers/usb/core/hub.c: At top level:
> > drivers/usb/core/hub.c:1567: error: static declaration of 
> > '__usb_port_suspend' follows non-static declaration
> > drivers/usb/core/hub.c:1294: error: previous implicit declaration of 
> > '__usb_port_suspend' was here
> > make[3]: *** [drivers/usb/core/hub.o] Error 1
> > make[2]: *** [drivers/usb/core] Error 2
> > make[1]: *** [drivers/usb] Error 2
> > make: *** [drivers] Error 2
> 
> Ho, ho!
> 
> Andrew, I _told_ you this inner declaration of a static function would 
> cause problems!

I thought we fixed that ages ago?  What happened to it?

> > Here's the source code:
> > 
> >  /* Maybe it can talk to us, though we can't talk to it.
> >                  * (Includes HNP test device.)
> >                  */
> >                 if (udev->bus->b_hnp_enable || udev->bus->is_b_host) {
> >                         static int __usb_port_suspend(struct usb_device *,
> >                                                 int port1);   * (line 1293)*
> >                         err = __usb_port_suspend(udev, 
> > udev->bus->otg_port); * (line 1294)*
> >                         if (err < 0)
> >                                 dev_dbg(&udev->dev, "HNP fail, %d\n", err);
> >                 }
> >                 err = -ENODEV;
> >                 goto fail;
> >         }
> 
> The solution is simple.  Just take line 1293 (the static function 
> declaration) and move it outside of the usb_new_device() function.  Stick 
> it inside the "#ifdef CONFIG_USB_OTG" block just above the function's 
> start.

It'd be better to rearrange things in there so that no forward declarations
are needed.  A manual tsort...  But whatever.  It'd be better if it
compiled ;)

> The problem is that gcc 4 doesn't like static function declarations in 
> inner blocks.  Earlier versions of gcc didn't mind.

Wanna send a 2.6.19 patch please?

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