Re: [PATCH 2/6] path: Make the 'get_st_mode_bits' symbol a file static

> On 2013-04-27 20.42, Ramsay Jones wrote:
>>
>> On MinGW, sparse issues an "'get_st_mode_bits' not declared. Should
>> it be static?" warning. The MinGW and MSVC builds do not see the
>> declaration of this function, within git-compat-util.h, due to it's
>> placement within an preprocessor conditional. (So, one solution would
>> be to simply move the declaration to the top level of the header.)
>>
>> In order to suppress the warning, since this symbol does not need
>> more than file visibility, we simply remove the declaration from
>> the header and add the static modifier to the function definition.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
>> ---
>>  git-compat-util.h | 1 -
>>  path.c            | 2 +-
>>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
>> index e955bb5..3a990b3 100644
>> --- a/git-compat-util.h
>> +++ b/git-compat-util.h
>> @@ -163,7 +163,6 @@
>>  typedef long intptr_t;
>>  typedef unsigned long uintptr_t;
>>  #endif
>> -int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode);
>>  #if defined(__CYGWIN__)
>>  #undef _XOPEN_SOURCE
>>  #include <grp.h>
>> diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
>> index 04ff148..cc2e9ac 100644
>> --- a/path.c
>> +++ b/path.c
>> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
>>   * may return wrong permission bits. Most of the time we do not care,
>>   * but the callsites of this wrapper do care.
>>   */
>> -int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode)
>> +static int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode)
>>  {
>>  	struct stat st;
>>  	if (lstat(path, &st) < 0)
>>
> Sorry for breaking the MiNGW/MSVC builds.
> It seams that the get_st_mode_bits is badly placed.
> 
> It should be in git compat-util.h, so that both compat/cygwin.c and path.c can see it.
> So from my understanding, it should be placed here:
> (I will send an official patch later)
> /Torsten
>  
> 
> diff -C 3 git-compat-util.h.~9526aa461f6c6900cb892a6fe248150ad436c0d~ git-compat-util.h.new
> *** git-compat-util.h.~9526aa461f6c6900cb892a6fe248150ad436c0d~ 2013-04-28 07:53:28.000000000 +0200
> --- git-compat-util.h.new       2013-04-28 07:53:58.000000000 +0200
> ***************
> *** 127,132 ****
> --- 127,133 ----
>   #else
>   #include <poll.h>
>   #endif
> + int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode);
>   #if defined(__MINGW32__)
>   /* pull in Windows compatibility stuff */
>   #include "compat/mingw.h"
> ***************
> *** 163,169 ****
>   typedef long intptr_t;
>   typedef unsigned long uintptr_t;
>   #endif
> - int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode);
>   #if defined(__CYGWIN__)
>   #undef _XOPEN_SOURCE
>   #include <grp.h>