The patch titled block/scsi_ioctl.c: quiet sparse noise has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is block-scsi_ioctlc-quiet-sparse-noise.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: block/scsi_ioctl.c: quiet sparse noise From: "H Hartley Sweeten" <hartleys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Quiet sparse noise about symbol's not being declared. Symbol blk_default_cmd_filter is only used locally and should be static. The function blk_scsi_ioctl_init() is a fs_initcall and should also be static. Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- block/scsi_ioctl.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN block/scsi_ioctl.c~block-scsi_ioctlc-quiet-sparse-noise block/scsi_ioctl.c --- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c~block-scsi_ioctlc-quiet-sparse-noise +++ a/block/scsi_ioctl.c @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ struct blk_cmd_filter { unsigned long read_ok[BLK_SCSI_CMD_PER_LONG]; unsigned long write_ok[BLK_SCSI_CMD_PER_LONG]; -} blk_default_cmd_filter; +}; + +static struct blk_cmd_filter blk_default_cmd_filter; /* Command group 3 is reserved and should never be used. */ const unsigned char scsi_command_size_tbl[8] = @@ -675,7 +677,7 @@ int scsi_cmd_ioctl(struct request_queue } EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_cmd_ioctl); -int __init blk_scsi_ioctl_init(void) +static int __init blk_scsi_ioctl_init(void) { blk_set_cmd_filter_defaults(&blk_default_cmd_filter); return 0; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from hartleys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch clockeventsc-fix-symbol-was-not-declared-noise.patch block-scsi_ioctlc-quiet-sparse-noise.patch drivers-usb-core-hcdc-quiet-null-pointer-sparse-noise.patch security-min_addrc-make-init_mmap_min_addr-static.patch drivers-misc-add-driver-for-texas-instruments-dac7512.patch drivers-misc-add-driver-for-texas-instruments-dac7512-update.patch init-mainc-fix-symbol-shadows-noise.patch kernel-sysc-fix-warning-do-while-statement-is-not-a-compound-statement-noise.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html