Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754122Ab3GYBre (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:47:34 -0400 Received: from s15338416.onlinehome-server.info ([87.106.68.36]:37955 "EHLO order.stressinduktion.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752775Ab3GYBrd (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:47:33 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 03:47:32 +0200 From: Hannes Frederic Sowa To: Joe Perches Cc: Cong Wang , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH - diffstat only] include/net: Remove extern from function prototypes Message-ID: <20130725014732.GA10036@order.stressinduktion.org> Mail-Followup-To: Joe Perches , Cong Wang , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org References: <1374602291.3387.17.camel@joe-AO722> <1374716480.1924.18.camel@joe-AO722> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1374716480.1924.18.camel@joe-AO722> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 911 Lines: 27 On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 06:41:20PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Thu, 2013-07-25 at 01:27 +0000, Cong Wang wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 at 17:58 GMT, Joe Perches wrote: > > You dropped the author from the cc list. > Always reply to the author. > > > > Function prototypes don't need to be declared > > > extern in .h files. It's assumed by the compiler > > > and is as unnecessary as using auto is when > > > declaring automatic/local variables in a block. > > > > > Since we all know this, why bother it? > > If everyone knew this, new ones wouldn't be added. > But a lot are. Couldn't checkpatch take care of these? Greetings, Hannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/