From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/test_debug_virtual.c: make struct pointer foo static The pointer foo is local to the source and does not need to be in global scope, so make it static. Cleans up sparse warning: symbol 'foo' was not declared. Should it be static? Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180624112206.5722-1-colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/test_debug_virtual.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/lib/test_debug_virtual.c~lib-make-struct-pointer-foo-static +++ a/lib/test_debug_virtual.c @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct foo { unsigned int bar; }; -struct foo *foo; +static struct foo *foo; static int __init test_debug_virtual_init(void) { _