osc_init() is marked as the module_init function in osc_request.c and is never used anywhere else. Hence, it can (and should) be declared static. sparse also complained about this with the following warning, which is fixed by this patch. andreas@workbox:~/linux-next$ make C=1 M=drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/ [...] drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c:3335:12: warning: symbol 'osc_init' was not declared. Should it be static? [...] Signed-off-by: Andreas Ruprecht <rupran@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c index b9450b9..0adfa70 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c @@ -3332,7 +3332,7 @@ extern struct lu_kmem_descr osc_caches[]; extern spinlock_t osc_ast_guard; extern struct lock_class_key osc_ast_guard_class; -int __init osc_init(void) +static int __init osc_init(void) { struct lprocfs_static_vars lvars = { NULL }; int rc; -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel