Sparse says:
  arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:78:21: warning: symbol 'x86nops' was not declared. Should it be static?
Since x86nops[] is not used outside this file, Sparse is right and it can be made static.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210506190726.15575-1-paskripkin@gmail.com
 
        }                                                               \
 } while (0)
 
-const unsigned char x86nops[] =
+static const unsigned char x86nops[] =
 {
        BYTES_NOP1,
        BYTES_NOP2,