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

From: Mark Rutland
Date: Tue Mar 21 2023 - 05:28:34 EST


On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 01:51:32PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:44:13 +0000
> Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Except that it's already upstream:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8732565549011cabbea08329a1aefd78a68d96c7
>
> I had to rebase Florent's patch to accommodate this change.

Sorry for the noise; my fault for being so far behind with patch review!

Mark.