The sparse tool complains as follows: arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c:74:16: warning: symbol 'mpipl_kobj' was not declared. This symbol is not used outside of opal-core.c, so marks it static. Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bixuan Cui <cuibixuan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c index 0d9ba70f7251..5b9736bbc2aa 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-core.c @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(opalcore_list); static struct opalcore_config *oc_conf; static const struct opal_mpipl_fadump *opalc_metadata; static const struct opal_mpipl_fadump *opalc_cpu_metadata; -struct kobject *mpipl_kobj; +static struct kobject *mpipl_kobj; /* * Set crashing CPU's signal to SIGUSR1. if the kernel is triggered