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SubjectRe: [PATCH 02/10] intel: Remove extern from function prototypes
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On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 14:09 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> There are a mix of function prototypes with and without extern
> in the kernel sources. Standardize on not using extern for
> function prototypes.
>
> Function prototypes don't need to be written with extern.
> extern is assumed by the compiler. Its use is as unnecessary as
> using auto to declare automatic/local variables in a block.

So you are able to confirm that all compilers make this assumption
correctly? The initial reason for using extern was because not all
compilers made the assumption or made it correctly.
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