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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kernel/bounds: Provide prototype for foo
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 03:22:33PM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> kernel/bounds.c is recompiled on every build, and shows the following
> warning when compiling with W=1:

Don't do that, you will get a lot of warnings that really don't make
much sense. Like this one :)

>
> CC kernel/bounds.s
> linux/kernel/bounds.c:16:6: warning: no previous prototype for ‘foo’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> void foo(void)
> ^~~
>
> Provide a prototype to satisfy the compiler.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@ideasonboard.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>
> ---
> I compile all of my incremental builds with W=1, which allows me to know
> instantly if I add a new compiler warning in code I generate.
>
> This warning always comes up and seems trivial to clean up.
> ---
> kernel/bounds.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bounds.c b/kernel/bounds.c
> index c373e887c066..60136d937800 100644
> --- a/kernel/bounds.c
> +++ b/kernel/bounds.c
> @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
> #include <linux/log2.h>
> #include <linux/spinlock_types.h>
>
> +void foo(void);
> +
> void foo(void)

This file is a userspace tool that is used to later generate the
include/generated/bounds.h file.

If you really want to track this down and fix it properly, put the
prototype in the .c file that ends up calling this function. That's a
fun task to dig through the build system to find :)

good luck!

greg k-h

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