[PATCH] FIXED sparse warning : drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c:27:1: warning: symbol 'cpuidle_dev' was not declared. Should it be static?
Sagar Padhye
sgr.m.pdy at gmail.com
Thu Oct 3 02:34:40 EDT 2013
> > I checked that cpuidle_devices is only being used in cpuidle.c - hence
> > thought that it can be made static and be removed from header.
>
> "cpuidle_devices" is actually used in drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c as well
> so this breaks the build.
Darn! I forgot 'clean build' part. sorry.
> Even for "cpuidle_dev" the patch isn't right. It doesn't fix the
> warning, for me. The DEFINE_PER_CPU() macro defines several variables
> actually. Per CPU variables are a bit complicated and they have to have
> globally unique names. So just ignore the Sparse warning for per CPU
> variables.
>
Ok, let me look at my sparse log once again, will pick some other problem (any suggestions?)
> There are several other "process" problems with the patch submission.
>
> 1) Incorrect subject. It should be:
> [PATCH] cpuidle: make a variable static
>
> This is based on `git log --oneline drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c`
> output.
>
> 2) No blank line between subject and body of commit message.
> 3) Line wrap the body of the email at 72 characters.
> 4) No Signed-off-by line.
>
Ok, will keep this in mind
Thanks and Regards,
Sagar
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