On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 22:41 +0530, Shourya P. Bhattacharya wrote: > On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 01:28:52 -0800 (PST), Alaios <alaios@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Why the most function in a kernel code must be > > declared as static?? If i use some not static? > > > It could be avoid symbol name conflicts. By declaring a function Yes, that's the one (and main) reason: To avoid namespace pollution > static we limit it's scope to the file in which it is defined. This > way it will not interfere with functions with the same name declared > in other files. The other reason is: If a function is "static", it is not accessible from another source file. Threrfore the compiler knows all possible calls of that function and may inline the function completely. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
