Re: [PATCH 01/32] wireless: marvell: mwifiex: sdio: Move 'static const struct's into their own header file

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue Sep 01 2020 - 05:15:47 EST


Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Only include these tables in the 1 source file they are used.
>
> Fixes hundreds of W=1 warnings!
>
> Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
>
> In file included from drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h:59,
> from drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c:22:
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.h:705:41: warning: ‘mwifiex_sdio_sd8801’ defined but not used [-Wunused-const-variable=]
> 705 | static const struct mwifiex_sdio_device mwifiex_sdio_sd8801 = {
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> NB: There were 100's of these - snipped for brevity.
>
> Cc: Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi.bhat@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Xinming Hu <huxinming820@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>

I don't think static const variables should be in a .h file. Wouldn't
sdio.c be the right place for these? At least from a quick look I got
that impression.

Patch set to Changes Requested.

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