From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> The boot_ec variable is not used outside of the file it is defined in, so declare it as static. No intentional functional impact. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/ec.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/ec.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/ec.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/ec.c @@ -186,8 +186,10 @@ static void advance_transaction(struct a static void acpi_ec_event_handler(struct work_struct *work); static void acpi_ec_event_processor(struct work_struct *work); -struct acpi_ec *boot_ec, *first_ec; +struct acpi_ec *first_ec; EXPORT_SYMBOL(first_ec); + +static struct acpi_ec *boot_ec; static bool boot_ec_is_ecdt = false; static struct workqueue_struct *ec_query_wq;