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Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Make extern in .h prototypes quieter.
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 22:51 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> I know it's not the subject of this patch, but shouldn't "extern prototypes"
> be "extern keywords"?

No, extern is required for variables.