From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Peter Chen <peter.chen@nxp.com>
Cc: Pawel Laszczak <pawell@cadence.com>,
"linux-usb@vger.kernel.org" <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"balbi@kernel.org" <balbi@kernel.org>,
"colin.king@canonical.com" <colin.king@canonical.com>,
"rogerq@ti.com" <rogerq@ti.com>,
Rahul Kumar <kurahul@cadence.com>,
"nsekhar@ti.com" <nsekhar@ti.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] usb: cdns3: Moves reusable code to separate module
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:39:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <X6p7+nXa/H4uqj0+@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201110112054.GC22481@b29397-desktop>
On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 11:21:22AM +0000, Peter Chen wrote:
> On 20-11-10 09:20:54, Pawel Laszczak wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > >>
> > >> int cdns3_hw_role_switch(struct cdns3 *cdns);
> > >> -int cdns3_init(struct cdns3 *cdns);
> > >> -int cdns3_remove(struct cdns3 *cdns);
> > >> +extern int cdns3_init(struct cdns3 *cdns);
> > >> +extern int cdns3_remove(struct cdns3 *cdns);
> > >
> > >Why add "extern" here and below?
> > >
> >
> > These functions are the API between cdnsp and cdns3 modules.
> > It's looks like a common approach in kernel.
> > Many or even most of API function in kernel has "extern".
> >
>
> Even you have not written "extern" keyword, the "extern" is
> added implicitly by compiler. Usually, we use "extern" for variable
> or the function is defined at assembly. You could see some
> "extern" keyword use cases at include/linux/device.h.
We are moving away from using this keyword for functions now, if at all
possible please. Only use it for variables, I think checkpatch now
catches it as well.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-10 11:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-06 11:42 [PATCH v2 00/10] Introduced new Cadence USBSSP DRD Driver Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-06 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] usb: cdns3: Add support for DRD CDNSP Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-10 9:04 ` Peter Chen
2020-11-06 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] usb: cdns3: Split core.c into cdns3-plat and core.c file Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-06 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] usb: cdns3: Moves reusable code to separate module Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-10 9:09 ` Peter Chen
2020-11-10 9:20 ` Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-10 11:21 ` Peter Chen
2020-11-10 11:39 ` gregkh [this message]
2020-11-10 11:42 ` Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-06 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] usb: cdns3: Refactoring names in reusable code Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-06 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] usb: cdns3: Changed type of gadget_dev in cdns structure Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-06 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] usb: cdnsp: Device side header file for CDNSP driver Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-11 2:33 ` Peter Chen
2020-11-17 14:54 ` Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-06 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] usb: cdnsp: cdns3 Add main part of Cadence USBSSP DRD Driver Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-11 3:25 ` Peter Chen
2020-11-18 9:50 ` Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-06 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] usb: cdnsp: Add tracepoints for CDNSP driver Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-11 3:27 ` Peter Chen
2020-11-06 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] usb: cdns3: Change file names for cdns3 driver Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-11 3:28 ` Peter Chen
2020-11-06 11:43 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] MAINTAINERS: add Cadence USBSSP DRD IP driver entry Pawel Laszczak
2020-11-06 13:41 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] Introduced new Cadence USBSSP DRD Driver Greg KH
2020-11-09 9:32 ` Pawel Laszczak
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