diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/desc.h b/include/asm-x86_64/desc.h
index c89b58bebee24619f9ae2b5ad903b752f5e1ec12..594e610f4a1e7d66aff1a12aa3666e7af8e9dd0a 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/desc.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/desc.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static inline void load_TLS(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu)
 /*
  * load one particular LDT into the current CPU
  */
-extern inline void load_LDT_nolock (mm_context_t *pc, int cpu)
+static inline void load_LDT_nolock (mm_context_t *pc, int cpu)
 {
 	int count = pc->size;
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/fixmap.h b/include/asm-x86_64/fixmap.h
index cf8b16cbe8db65e40ce5a84e6e18c8decdcba931..a582cfcf2231a631564bac9aeda0a4422d8f0ca6 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/fixmap.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/fixmap.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ extern void __this_fixmap_does_not_exist(void);
  * directly without translation, we catch the bug with a NULL-deference
  * kernel oops. Illegal ranges of incoming indices are caught too.
  */
-extern inline unsigned long fix_to_virt(const unsigned int idx)
+static inline unsigned long fix_to_virt(const unsigned int idx)
 {
 	/*
 	 * this branch gets completely eliminated after inlining,
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/io.h b/include/asm-x86_64/io.h
index 37fc3f149a5a6a2cf54cf194303d3975d32e85b9..52ff269fe05473ff255d8ced8c87f80a274e57b9 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/io.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/io.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
  * Talk about misusing macros..
  */
 #define __OUT1(s,x) \
-extern inline void out##s(unsigned x value, unsigned short port) {
+static inline void out##s(unsigned x value, unsigned short port) {
 
 #define __OUT2(s,s1,s2) \
 __asm__ __volatile__ ("out" #s " %" s1 "0,%" s2 "1"
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ __OUT1(s,x) __OUT2(s,s1,"w") : : "a" (value), "Nd" (port)); } \
 __OUT1(s##_p,x) __OUT2(s,s1,"w") __FULL_SLOW_DOWN_IO : : "a" (value), "Nd" (port));} \
 
 #define __IN1(s) \
-extern inline RETURN_TYPE in##s(unsigned short port) { RETURN_TYPE _v;
+static inline RETURN_TYPE in##s(unsigned short port) { RETURN_TYPE _v;
 
 #define __IN2(s,s1,s2) \
 __asm__ __volatile__ ("in" #s " %" s2 "1,%" s1 "0"
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ __IN1(s) __IN2(s,s1,"w") : "=a" (_v) : "Nd" (port) ,##i ); return _v; } \
 __IN1(s##_p) __IN2(s,s1,"w") __FULL_SLOW_DOWN_IO : "=a" (_v) : "Nd" (port) ,##i ); return _v; } \
 
 #define __INS(s) \
-extern inline void ins##s(unsigned short port, void * addr, unsigned long count) \
+static inline void ins##s(unsigned short port, void * addr, unsigned long count) \
 { __asm__ __volatile__ ("rep ; ins" #s \
 : "=D" (addr), "=c" (count) : "d" (port),"0" (addr),"1" (count)); }
 
 #define __OUTS(s) \
-extern inline void outs##s(unsigned short port, const void * addr, unsigned long count) \
+static inline void outs##s(unsigned short port, const void * addr, unsigned long count) \
 { __asm__ __volatile__ ("rep ; outs" #s \
 : "=S" (addr), "=c" (count) : "d" (port),"0" (addr),"1" (count)); }
 
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ __OUTS(l)
  * Change virtual addresses to physical addresses and vv.
  * These are pretty trivial
  */
-extern inline unsigned long virt_to_phys(volatile void * address)
+static inline unsigned long virt_to_phys(volatile void * address)
 {
 	return __pa(address);
 }
 
-extern inline void * phys_to_virt(unsigned long address)
+static inline void * phys_to_virt(unsigned long address)
 {
 	return __va(address);
 }
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ extern inline void * phys_to_virt(unsigned long address)
 
 extern void __iomem *__ioremap(unsigned long offset, unsigned long size, unsigned long flags);
 
-extern inline void __iomem * ioremap (unsigned long offset, unsigned long size)
+static inline void __iomem * ioremap (unsigned long offset, unsigned long size)
 {
 	return __ioremap(offset, size, 0);
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/msr.h b/include/asm-x86_64/msr.h
index ba15279a79d02f826e2c8d79f58d14d50671bfdf..15a6ef7cf3d3205feed6b4fa98afd24ec086c91b 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/msr.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/msr.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 			  : "=a" (low), "=d" (high) \
 			  : "c" (counter))
 
-extern inline void cpuid(int op, unsigned int *eax, unsigned int *ebx,
+static inline void cpuid(int op, unsigned int *eax, unsigned int *ebx,
 			 unsigned int *ecx, unsigned int *edx)
 {
 	__asm__("cpuid"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static inline void cpuid_count(int op, int count, int *eax, int *ebx, int *ecx,
 /*
  * CPUID functions returning a single datum
  */
-extern inline unsigned int cpuid_eax(unsigned int op)
+static inline unsigned int cpuid_eax(unsigned int op)
 {
 	unsigned int eax;
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ extern inline unsigned int cpuid_eax(unsigned int op)
 		: "bx", "cx", "dx");
 	return eax;
 }
-extern inline unsigned int cpuid_ebx(unsigned int op)
+static inline unsigned int cpuid_ebx(unsigned int op)
 {
 	unsigned int eax, ebx;
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ extern inline unsigned int cpuid_ebx(unsigned int op)
 		: "cx", "dx" );
 	return ebx;
 }
-extern inline unsigned int cpuid_ecx(unsigned int op)
+static inline unsigned int cpuid_ecx(unsigned int op)
 {
 	unsigned int eax, ecx;
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ extern inline unsigned int cpuid_ecx(unsigned int op)
 		: "bx", "dx" );
 	return ecx;
 }
-extern inline unsigned int cpuid_edx(unsigned int op)
+static inline unsigned int cpuid_edx(unsigned int op)
 {
 	unsigned int eax, edx;
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/pgalloc.h b/include/asm-x86_64/pgalloc.h
index deadd146978b189c002b81feaa305cdd5da3b8da..08cad2482bcbc56e88ac82cbfb82b0f1ff3f97bb 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/pgalloc.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/pgalloc.h
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ static inline void pmd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd, struct page *p
 	set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(_PAGE_TABLE | (page_to_pfn(pte) << PAGE_SHIFT)));
 }
 
-extern __inline__ pmd_t *get_pmd(void)
+static inline pmd_t *get_pmd(void)
 {
 	return (pmd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
-extern __inline__ void pmd_free(pmd_t *pmd)
+static inline void pmd_free(pmd_t *pmd)
 {
 	BUG_ON((unsigned long)pmd & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
 	free_page((unsigned long)pmd);
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long add
 /* Should really implement gc for free page table pages. This could be
    done with a reference count in struct page. */
 
-extern __inline__ void pte_free_kernel(pte_t *pte)
+static inline void pte_free_kernel(pte_t *pte)
 {
 	BUG_ON((unsigned long)pte & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
 	free_page((unsigned long)pte); 
 }
 
-extern inline void pte_free(struct page *pte)
+static inline void pte_free(struct page *pte)
 {
 	__free_page(pte);
 } 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h b/include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h
index 5e0f2fdab0d35885f75f1177d54d18b4117808ec..1dc110ba82d63e80781f514b79cacb0711ee6d25 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static inline void set_pud(pud_t *dst, pud_t val)
 	pud_val(*dst) = pud_val(val);
 }
 
-extern inline void pud_clear (pud_t *pud)
+static inline void pud_clear (pud_t *pud)
 {
 	set_pud(pud, __pud(0));
 }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static inline void set_pgd(pgd_t *dst, pgd_t val)
 	pgd_val(*dst) = pgd_val(val); 
 } 
 
-extern inline void pgd_clear (pgd_t * pgd)
+static inline void pgd_clear (pgd_t * pgd)
 {
 	set_pgd(pgd, __pgd(0));
 }
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static inline pte_t mk_pte_phys(unsigned long physpage, pgprot_t pgprot)
 }
  
 /* Change flags of a PTE */
-extern inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot)
+static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot)
 { 
 	pte_val(pte) &= _PAGE_CHG_MASK;
 	pte_val(pte) |= pgprot_val(newprot);
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h b/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
index a8321999448f840e256d142a3cf2a62cd62db120..c6461c16edbf9f6c6a605926c3bbf6d5e67fa714 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
@@ -375,13 +375,13 @@ struct extended_sigtable {
 #define ASM_NOP_MAX 8
 
 /* REP NOP (PAUSE) is a good thing to insert into busy-wait loops. */
-extern inline void rep_nop(void)
+static inline void rep_nop(void)
 {
 	__asm__ __volatile__("rep;nop": : :"memory");
 }
 
 /* Stop speculative execution */
-extern inline void sync_core(void)
+static inline void sync_core(void)
 { 
 	int tmp;
 	asm volatile("cpuid" : "=a" (tmp) : "0" (1) : "ebx","ecx","edx","memory");
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/signal.h b/include/asm-x86_64/signal.h
index fe9b96d94815f688091d6c1318e1905d8c995ac8..f8d55798535ac4ccf06e1fc46cbc624a6b68cd76 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/signal.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/signal.h
@@ -143,23 +143,23 @@ typedef struct sigaltstack {
 #undef __HAVE_ARCH_SIG_BITOPS
 #if 0
 
-extern __inline__ void sigaddset(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
+static inline void sigaddset(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
 {
 	__asm__("btsq %1,%0" : "=m"(*set) : "Ir"(_sig - 1) : "cc");
 }
 
-extern __inline__ void sigdelset(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
+static inline void sigdelset(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
 {
 	__asm__("btrq %1,%0" : "=m"(*set) : "Ir"(_sig - 1) : "cc");
 }
 
-extern __inline__ int __const_sigismember(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
+static inline int __const_sigismember(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
 {
 	unsigned long sig = _sig - 1;
 	return 1 & (set->sig[sig / _NSIG_BPW] >> (sig & ~(_NSIG_BPW-1)));
 }
 
-extern __inline__ int __gen_sigismember(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
+static inline int __gen_sigismember(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
 {
 	int ret;
 	__asm__("btq %2,%1\n\tsbbq %0,%0"
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ extern __inline__ int __gen_sigismember(sigset_t *set, int _sig)
 	 __const_sigismember((set),(sig)) :	\
 	 __gen_sigismember((set),(sig)))
 
-extern __inline__ int sigfindinword(unsigned long word)
+static inline int sigfindinword(unsigned long word)
 {
 	__asm__("bsfq %1,%0" : "=r"(word) : "rm"(word) : "cc");
 	return word;
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/smp.h b/include/asm-x86_64/smp.h
index de8b57b2b62b934c8bfe6cf3b0fa6fd87b8204f8..24e32611f0bf3d93bc0a41f15fa3678d3006f598 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/smp.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/smp.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static inline int num_booting_cpus(void)
 
 #define raw_smp_processor_id() read_pda(cpunumber)
 
-extern __inline int hard_smp_processor_id(void)
+static inline int hard_smp_processor_id(void)
 {
 	/* we don't want to mark this access volatile - bad code generation */
 	return GET_APIC_ID(*(unsigned int *)(APIC_BASE+APIC_ID));
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/system.h b/include/asm-x86_64/system.h
index 8606e170a7dc825c40d10d4101a2c721ff20f536..d65381194bda3cb7f289065ec31905f2ea7c7f52 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/system.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static inline void write_cr4(unsigned long val)
 
 #define __xg(x) ((volatile long *)(x))
 
-extern inline void set_64bit(volatile unsigned long *ptr, unsigned long val)
+static inline void set_64bit(volatile unsigned long *ptr, unsigned long val)
 {
 	*ptr = val;
 }