The per-cpu variable last_tickle_cpu is referenced only in credit.c. Change its linkage from external to internal by adding the storage-class specifier static to its definitions.
Also, this patch aims to resolve indirectly a MISRA C 2012 Rule 8.4 violation warning. Signed-off-by: Xenia Ragiadakou <burzalod...@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> --- Changes in v2: - replace the phrase "This patch aims to resolve indirectly a MISRA C 2012 Rule 8.4 violation warning." with "Also, this patch aims to resolve indirectly a MISRA C 2012 Rule 8.4 violation warning." xen/common/sched/credit.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/xen/common/sched/credit.c b/xen/common/sched/credit.c index 4d3bd8cba6..47945c2834 100644 --- a/xen/common/sched/credit.c +++ b/xen/common/sched/credit.c @@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static void burn_credits(struct csched_unit *svc, s_time_t now) static bool __read_mostly opt_tickle_one_idle = true; boolean_param("tickle_one_idle_cpu", opt_tickle_one_idle); -DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, last_tickle_cpu); +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, last_tickle_cpu); static inline void __runq_tickle(const struct csched_unit *new) { -- 2.34.1