Re: [PATCH] ftrace: set direct_ops storage-class-specifier to static

From: Mark Rutland
Date: Mon Mar 20 2023 - 13:50:57 EST


On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 08:51:13AM -0500, Tom Rix wrote:
> smatch reports this warning
> kernel/trace/ftrace.c:2594:19: warning:
> symbol 'direct_ops' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> The variable direct_ops is only used in ftrace.c, so it should be static
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>

This makes sense, and as this stands:

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>

... but Florent's rework of the API is going to remove this anyway:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230316173811.1223508-1-revest@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230316173811.1223508-4-revest@xxxxxxxxxxxx/

... so if we take Florent's series, this patch isn't necessary.

Mark.

> ---
> kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index 29baa97d0d53..05f76dc1f0c5 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -2591,7 +2591,7 @@ static void call_direct_funcs(unsigned long ip, unsigned long pip,
> arch_ftrace_set_direct_caller(fregs, addr);
> }
>
> -struct ftrace_ops direct_ops = {
> +static struct ftrace_ops direct_ops = {
> .func = call_direct_funcs,
> .flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_DIRECT | FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS
> | FTRACE_OPS_FL_PERMANENT,
> --
> 2.27.0
>