The global 'wait_table' variable is only used within fs/dax.c, and generates the following sparse warning: fs/dax.c:39:19: warning: symbol 'wait_table' was not declared. Should it be static? Make it static so it has scope local to fs/dax.c, and to make sparse happy. Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/dax.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c index b09817a..e52e754 100644 --- a/fs/dax.c +++ b/fs/dax.c @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ #define DAX_WAIT_TABLE_BITS 12 #define DAX_WAIT_TABLE_ENTRIES (1 << DAX_WAIT_TABLE_BITS) -wait_queue_head_t wait_table[DAX_WAIT_TABLE_ENTRIES]; +static wait_queue_head_t wait_table[DAX_WAIT_TABLE_ENTRIES]; static int __init init_dax_wait_table(void) { -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>