net/wireless/util.c:3087:6: warning: no previous prototype for function 'cfg80211_validate_ies'

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:::::: Manual check reason: "bisect to a FBC not belonging to original linux-review patches: branch: linux-review/Deepanshu-Kartikey/wifi-cfg80211-add-cfg80211_validate_ies-helper-and-use-it/20260729-101807, commit: 9f00c96249f6b1cad035a9ece55d6a199cf08cbf"
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tree:   https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Deepanshu-Kartikey/wifi-cfg80211-add-cfg80211_validate_ies-helper-and-use-it/20260729-101807
head:   9f00c96249f6b1cad035a9ece55d6a199cf08cbf
commit: 9f00c96249f6b1cad035a9ece55d6a199cf08cbf wifi: cfg80211: add cfg80211_validate_ies() helper and use it
date:   5 hours ago
:::::: branch date: 5 hours ago
:::::: commit date: 5 hours ago
config: mips-bcm63xx_defconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260729/[email protected]/config)
compiler: clang version 24.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 890b11e09e45e9d8b29f2f94f22052be3934e757)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260729/[email protected]/reproduce)

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| Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> net/wireless/util.c:3087:6: warning: no previous prototype for function 'cfg80211_validate_ies' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
    3087 | bool cfg80211_validate_ies(const u8 *data, int len)
         |      ^
   net/wireless/util.c:3087:1: note: declare 'static' if the function is not intended to be used outside of this translation unit
    3087 | bool cfg80211_validate_ies(const u8 *data, int len)
         | ^
         | static 
   1 warning generated.


vim +/cfg80211_validate_ies +3087 net/wireless/util.c

9f00c96249f6b1 Deepanshu Kartikey 2026-07-29  3086  
9f00c96249f6b1 Deepanshu Kartikey 2026-07-29 @3087  bool cfg80211_validate_ies(const u8 *data, int len)

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