On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 09:49:00AM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > > This happens with the following config: > > > > CONFIG_CGROUPS=n > > CONFIG_PSI=y > > > > With cgroups disabled these functions are defined as non-static but > > are not defined in the header > > (https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/include/linux/psi.h#L28) > > since the only external user cgroup.c is disabled. The cleanest way to > > fix these I think is by doing smth like this in psi.c: A cleaner way to solve these is simply: #ifndef CONFIG_CGROUPS static struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(...); ... #endif I tested this works: $ cat foo5.c static int psi(void *); int psi(void *x) { return (int)(long)x; } int bar(void *x) { return psi(x); } $ gcc -W -Wall -O2 -c -o foo5.o foo5.c $ readelf -s foo5.o Symbol table '.symtab' contains 4 entries: Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name 0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND 1: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS foo5.c 2: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 1 .text 3: 0000000000000000 3 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 1 bar