2 files changed, 21 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index e5e432d6af34..0253d01cde97 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -1324,8 +1324,27 @@ static int ignore_request(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum reg_set_by set_by,
         return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-/* Caller must hold &cfg80211_mutex */
-int __regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum reg_set_by set_by,
+/**
+ * __regulatory_hint - hint to the wireless core a regulatory domain
+ * @wiphy: if the hint comes from country information from an AP, this
+ *      is required to be set to the wiphy that received the information
+ * @alpha2: the ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 being claimed the regulatory domain
+ *      should be in.
+ * @country_ie_checksum: checksum of processed country IE, set this to 0
+ *      if the hint did not come from a country IE
+ * @country_ie_env: the environment the IE told us we are in, %ENVIRON_*
+ *
+ * The Wireless subsystem can use this function to hint to the wireless core
+ * what it believes should be the current regulatory domain by giving it an
+ * ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 country code it knows its regulatory domain should be
+ * in.
+ *
+ * Returns zero if all went fine, %-EALREADY if a regulatory domain had
+ * already been set or other standard error codes.
+ *
+ * Caller must hold &cfg80211_mutex
+ */
+static int __regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum reg_set_by set_by,
                         const char *alpha2,
                         u32 country_ie_checksum,
                         enum environment_cap env)
diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.h b/net/wireless/reg.h
index 65bfd0558ce1..e37829a49dc4 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.h
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.h
@@ -16,29 +16,6 @@ void regulatory_exit(void);
 int set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd);
 
 /**
- * __regulatory_hint - hint to the wireless core a regulatory domain
- * @wiphy: if the hint comes from country information from an AP, this
- *      is required to be set to the wiphy that received the information
- * @alpha2: the ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 being claimed the regulatory domain
- *      should be in.
- * @country_ie_checksum: checksum of processed country IE, set this to 0
- *      if the hint did not come from a country IE
- * @country_ie_env: the environment the IE told us we are in, %ENVIRON_*
- *
- * The Wireless subsystem can use this function to hint to the wireless core
- * what it believes should be the current regulatory domain by giving it an
- * ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 country code it knows its regulatory domain should be
- * in.
- *
- * Returns zero if all went fine, %-EALREADY if a regulatory domain had
- * already been set or other standard error codes.
- *
- */
-extern int __regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum reg_set_by set_by,
-                             const char *alpha2, u32 country_ie_checksum,
-                             enum environment_cap country_ie_env);
-
-/**
  * regulatory_hint_found_beacon - hints a beacon was found on a channel
  * @wiphy: the wireless device where the beacon was found on
  * @beacon_chan: the channel on which the beacon was found on