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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] Staging: rtl8192e: Fix sparse warning
El 06/04/14 13:49, Joe Perches escribió:
> On Sun, 2014-04-06 at 13:43 -0500, Joel Pelaez Jorge wrote:
>> Fix a sparse warning, non static symbol is no declared as such.
>> And fix a conflict with static function declared extern to include
>> rtl_wx.h header.
>>
>> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c:1323:24: warning:
>> symbol 'r8192_wx_handlers_def' was not declared. Should it be static?
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Joel Pelaez Jorge <joelpelaez@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c
>> b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c
>> index 498995d..f17584d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_wx.c
>> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
>>
>> #include <linux/string.h>
>> #include "rtl_core.h"
>> +#include "rtl_wx.h"
>>
>> #define RATE_COUNT 12
>> static u32 rtl8192_rates[] = {
>> @@ -1293,7 +1294,7 @@ static iw_handler r8192_private_handler[] = {
>> (iw_handler)r8192_wx_get_PromiscuousMode,
>> };
>>
>> -static struct iw_statistics *r8192_get_wireless_stats(struct net_device
>> *dev)
>> +struct iw_statistics *r8192_get_wireless_stats(struct net_device *dev)
>> {
>> struct r8192_priv *priv = rtllib_priv(dev);
>> struct rtllib_device *ieee = priv->rtllib;
>
> As far as I can tell, there's no reason this should
> be declared in the .h file and it should stay static
> and not be exposed at all.
>
>
In the source "rtl_core.c" is possible to use the symbol
r8192_get_wireless_stats, if WIRELESS_EXT has specifics values.

Although this scenario is unlikely to happen, is better prepare
this code for it.

Also, a better way will be delete 'extern' reference to symbol
in header file and source file.
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