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List:       linux-sparse
Subject:    Re: what's with "symbol blah was not declared"
From:       Sam Ravnborg <sam () ravnborg ! org>
Date:       2007-08-31 4:16:27
Message-ID: 20070831041627.GA22695 () uranus ! ravnborg ! org
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 09:05:34PM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> 
> e.g., linux kernel source code: init/do_mounts.c, line 23 is:
> 
> int __initdata rd_doload;
> 
> 
> and sparse (snapshot of 2007-08-31) says:
> 
> init/do_mounts.c:23:16: warning: symbol 'rd_doload' was not declared. 
> Should it be static?

IIRC this is because sparse did not see a "extern int rd_doload; in a .h file so
the symbol is most probarly not used outside do_mounts.c.
So it give a hint that this symbol could be made static.

	Sam
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