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Date:   Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:09:00 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] staging: rtl8723bs: moved function prototype out
 of core/rtw_ioctl_set.c and core/rtw_mlme.c
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On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 03:31:41PM +0100, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> fix the following checkpatch issues:
> 
> WARNING: externs should be avoided in .c files
> 40: FILE: drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c:40:
> +u8 rtw_do_join(struct adapter *padapter);
> 
> WARNING: externs should be avoided in .c files
> 15: FILE: drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c:15:
> +extern u8 rtw_do_join(struct adapter *padapter);
> 
> moved function prototype in include/rtw_ioctl_set.h
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c    | 1 -
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c         | 2 --
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_ioctl_set.h | 2 ++
>  3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
> index cb14855742f7..7d858cae2395 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
> @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ u8 rtw_validate_ssid(struct ndis_802_11_ssid *ssid)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -u8 rtw_do_join(struct adapter *padapter);
>  u8 rtw_do_join(struct adapter *padapter)
>  {
>  	struct list_head	*plist, *phead;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
> index 95cfef118a94..1ee86ec2dee7 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
> @@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
>  #include <hal_btcoex.h>
>  #include <linux/jiffies.h>
>  
> -extern u8 rtw_do_join(struct adapter *padapter);
> -
>  int	rtw_init_mlme_priv(struct adapter *padapter)
>  {
>  	int	i;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_ioctl_set.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_ioctl_set.h
> index 4b929b84040a..55722c1366aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_ioctl_set.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/rtw_ioctl_set.h
> @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ u8 rtw_set_802_11_connect(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *bssid, struct ndis_802_1
>  u8 rtw_validate_bssid(u8 *bssid);
>  u8 rtw_validate_ssid(struct ndis_802_11_ssid *ssid);
>  
> +u8 rtw_do_join(struct adapter *padapter);
> +

This is already in drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/hal_intf.h, why
declare it again?

I'm stopping here on reviewing this patchset, please look closer at it
again and fix up and resend a v2.

thanks,

greg k-h