unable to find function definition

[Gadre Nayan]

Ctags can help. Ctags -R on the entire source.
On 26 Apr 2016 2:19 p.m., "Jay Aurabind" <jay.aurabind at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20 April 2016 at 12:56, Cihangir Akturk <cakturk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 06:17:38AM +0000, Nijam Haider wrote:
> >> i was going through the code leds-gpio.c.
> >> i found a function "platform_gpio_blink_set" declared under private
> data of
> >> "gpio_led_data",and was trying to get through this function. But hardly
> i can
> >> find any link to definition for the same anywhere.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > That is a function pointer, so you should search assignments to
> > that pointer. That way you can find the real function you are
> > looking for.
>
> I've spotted such usages in a lot of places, outside the kernel as
> well. Just wanted know if there is a smarted way of finding the
> assignments, like some tools or any other tips which people could use
> to make life easier ?
>
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> Aurabindo J
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