RE: [PATCH v2] qed: mark symbols static where possible

From: Yuval Mintz
Date: Thu Sep 08 2016 - 08:37:24 EST


> ....
>
> In fact, these functions are only used in the file in which they are
> declared and don't need a declaration, but can be made static.
> so this patch marks these functions with 'static'.
...
> -void qed_get_vport_stats(struct qed_dev *cdev,
> - struct qed_eth_stats *stats)
> +static void qed_get_vport_stats(struct qed_dev *cdev,
>+ struct qed_eth_stats *stats)

Looks like you've missed my comment from v1 -
> 1. qed_get_vport_stats() is in use in net-next by qed_main.c starting
> with
> 6c75424612a7 ("qed: Add support for NCSI statistics."), so we
> shouldn't make it static.

Besides, it still doesn't apply to net-next
[as net-next has function declaration as a single liner].