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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:32:54 +0800
From: andyliu <liudeyan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: andyliu <liudeyan@gmail.com>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] loop.c: make two functions static
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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hi, adrian

i always see patches which set functions and variables to static.
what's the main difference between static and non-static things?

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:17:10 +0100, Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> This patch makes two needlessly global functions static.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
> 
> ---
> 
>  drivers/block/loop.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> This patch was already sent on:
> - 29 Nov 2004
> 
> --- linux-2.6.10-rc1-mm3-full/drivers/block/loop.c.old  2004-11-06 20:09:10.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.10-rc1-mm3-full/drivers/block/loop.c      2004-11-06 20:09:31.000000000 +0100
> @@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(loop_register_transfer);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(loop_unregister_transfer);
> 
> -int __init loop_init(void)
> +static int __init loop_init(void)
>  {
>         int     i;
> 
> @@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@
>         return -ENOMEM;
>  }
> 
> -void loop_exit(void)
> +static void loop_exit(void)
>  {
>         int i;
> 
> -
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Yours andyliu
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