On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:57:06AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2021-01-26 at 10:48 +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:20:11AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2021-01-26 at 08:01 +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 01:52:29PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 15:11:16 +0200 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > > > > +static int pci_enable_vfs_overlay(struct pci_dev *dev) { return 0;
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > +static void pci_disable_vfs_overlay(struct pci_dev *dev) {}
> []
> > > $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f include/linux/*.h --types=static_inline
> > > --terse --nosummary
> > > include/linux/dma-mapping.h:203: WARNING: static function definition
> > > might be better as static inline
> > > include/linux/genl_magic_func.h:55: WARNING: static function definition
> > > might be better as static inline
> > > include/linux/genl_magic_func.h:78: WARNING: static function definition
> > > might be better as static inline
> > > include/linux/kernel.h:670: WARNING: static function definition might be
> > > better as static inline
> > > include/linux/kprobes.h:213: WARNING: static function definition might be
> > > better as static inline
> > > include/linux/kprobes.h:231: WARNING: static function definition might be
> > > better as static inline
> > > include/linux/kprobes.h:511: WARNING: static function definition might be
> > > better as static inline
> > > include/linux/skb_array.h:185: WARNING: static function definition might
> > > be better as static inline
> > > include/linux/slab.h:606: WARNING: static function definition might be
> > > better as static inline
> > > include/linux/stop_machine.h:62: WARNING: static function definition
> > > might be better as static inline
> > > include/linux/vmw_vmci_defs.h:850: WARNING: static function definition
> > > might be better as static inline
> > > include/linux/zstd.h:95: WARNING: static function definition might be
> > > better as static inline
> > > include/linux/zstd.h:106: WARNING: static function definition might be
> > > better as static inline
> > >
> > > A false positive exists when __must_check is used between
> > > static and inline. It's an unusual and IMO not a preferred use.
> >
> > Maybe just filter and ignore such functions for now?
>
> Not worth it.
>
> > Will you send proper patch or do you want me to do it?
>
> I'll do it eventually.
Thanks
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