The sparse tool complains as follows: block/blk-timeout.c:93:12: warning: symbol 'blk_timeout_init' was not declared. Should it be static? Function blk_timeout_init() is not used outside ofblk-timeout.c, so marks it static. Fixes: 9054650fac24 ("block: relax jiffies rounding for timeouts") Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-timeout.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block/blk-timeout.c b/block/blk-timeout.c index 8ab8a82825cd..4c1fc3417460 100644 --- a/block/blk-timeout.c +++ b/block/blk-timeout.c @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_abort_request); static unsigned long blk_timeout_mask __read_mostly; -int __init blk_timeout_init(void) +static int __init blk_timeout_init(void) { blk_timeout_mask = roundup_pow_of_two(HZ) - 1; return 0;