Re: static functions?

["Shourya P. Bhattacharya" <sbhattacharya@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > > Why the most function in a kernel code must be
> > > declared as static?? If i use some not static?
> > >
> > It could be avoid symbol name conflicts. By declaring a function
> 
> Yes, that's the one (and main) reason: To avoid namespace pollution
> 
> > static we limit it's scope to the file in which it is defined.  This
> > way it will not interfere with functions with the same name declared
> > in other files.
> 
> The other reason is: If a function is "static", it is not accessible
> from another source file. Threrfore the compiler knows all possible
> calls of that function and may inline the function completely.
> 
Thanks for your comments. I have just started to learn the ropes and
your clarifications  were very helpful.
Shourya

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