static functions

[Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry this is such a lame question, but I never quite figured out what
'static' does to a function declaration.  Obviously for a variable, it
allocates memory for the lifetime of the process rather than on the stack just
for one function call.  But what about 'static' for all the kernel functions
that have no return value?	

Jonathon McKitrick
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