diff --git a/app/pdump/main.c b/app/pdump/main.c
index ac2287124..d96556ecf 100644
--- a/app/pdump/main.c
+++ b/app/pdump/main.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ enum pdump_by {
 	DEVICE_ID = 2
 };
 
-const char *valid_pdump_arguments[] = {
+static const char * const valid_pdump_arguments[] = {
 	PDUMP_PORT_ARG,
 	PDUMP_PCI_ARG,
 	PDUMP_QUEUE_ARG,
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ struct parse_val {
 	uint64_t val;
 };
 
-int num_tuples;
+static int num_tuples;
 static struct rte_eth_conf port_conf_default;
-volatile uint8_t quit_signal;
+static volatile uint8_t quit_signal;
 
 /**< display usage */
 static void
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/netcfg_layer.c b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/netcfg_layer.c
index 031c6f1aa..6b5224203 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/netcfg_layer.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/fman/netcfg_layer.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 /* This data structure contaings all configurations information
  * related to usages of DPA devices.
  */
-struct netcfg_info *netcfg;
+static struct netcfg_info *netcfg;
 /* fd to open a socket for making ioctl request to disable/enable shared
  *  interfaces.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c b/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
index 49cd04dbb..2042e9dd5 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int dpaa_logtype_mempool;
 int dpaa_logtype_pmd;
 int dpaa_logtype_eventdev;
 
-struct rte_dpaa_bus rte_dpaa_bus;
+static struct rte_dpaa_bus rte_dpaa_bus;
 struct netcfg_info *dpaa_netcfg;
 
 /* define a variable to hold the portal_key, once created.*/
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ rte_dpaa_get_iommu_class(void)
 	return RTE_IOVA_PA;
 }
 
-struct rte_dpaa_bus rte_dpaa_bus = {
+static struct rte_dpaa_bus rte_dpaa_bus = {
 	.bus = {
 		.scan = rte_dpaa_bus_scan,
 		.probe = rte_dpaa_bus_probe,
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_fman_crc64.h b/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_fman_crc64.h
index bf162f3ac..08ad63042 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_fman_crc64.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_fman_crc64.h
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ struct fman_crc64_t {
 	uint64_t initial;
 	uint64_t table[1 << 8];
 };
-extern struct fman_crc64_t FMAN_CRC64_ECMA_182;
+extern struct fman_crc64_t fman_crc64_ecma_182;
 #define DECLARE_FMAN_CRC64_TABLE() \
-struct fman_crc64_t FMAN_CRC64_ECMA_182 = { \
+struct fman_crc64_t fman_crc64_ecma_182 = { \
 	0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL, \
 	{ \
 		0x0000000000000000ULL, 0xb32e4cbe03a75f6fULL, \
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ struct fman_crc64_t FMAN_CRC64_ECMA_182 = { \
  */
 static inline uint64_t fman_crc64_init(void)
 {
-	return FMAN_CRC64_ECMA_182.initial;
+	return fman_crc64_ecma_182.initial;
 }
 
 /* Updates the CRC with arbitrary data */
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static inline uint64_t fman_crc64_update(uint64_t crc,
 {
 	uint8_t *p = data;
 	while (len--)
-		crc = FMAN_CRC64_ECMA_182.table[(crc ^ *(p++)) & 0xff] ^
+		crc = fman_crc64_ecma_182.table[(crc ^ *(p++)) & 0xff] ^
 				(crc >> 8);
 	return crc;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
index ef3ad6d99..05de42fef 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/vdev/vdev.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static struct vdev_device_list vdev_device_list =
 static rte_spinlock_recursive_t vdev_device_list_lock =
 	RTE_SPINLOCK_RECURSIVE_INITIALIZER;
 
-struct vdev_driver_list vdev_driver_list =
+static struct vdev_driver_list vdev_driver_list =
 	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vdev_driver_list);
 
 struct vdev_custom_scan {
diff --git a/drivers/compress/octeontx/include/zip_regs.h b/drivers/compress/octeontx/include/zip_regs.h
index 1e74db433..04c3d75e9 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/octeontx/include/zip_regs.h
+++ b/drivers/compress/octeontx/include/zip_regs.h
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
  * ZIP compression coding Enumeration
  * Enumerates ZIP_INST_S[CC].
  */
-enum {
+enum zip_cc {
 	ZIP_CC_DEFAULT = 0,
 	ZIP_CC_DYN_HUFF,
 	ZIP_CC_FIXED_HUFF,
 	ZIP_CC_LZS
-} zip_cc;
+};
 
 /**
  * Register (NCB) zip_vq#_ena
diff --git a/drivers/compress/octeontx/otx_zip.h b/drivers/compress/octeontx/otx_zip.h
index 99a38d005..3abefd1dc 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/octeontx/otx_zip.h
+++ b/drivers/compress/octeontx/otx_zip.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int octtx_zip_logtype_driver;
 	ZIP_PMD_LOG(ERR, fmt, ## args)
 
 /* resources required to process stream */
-enum {
+enum NUM_BUFS_PER_STREAM {
 	RES_BUF = 0,
 	CMD_BUF,
 	HASH_CTX_BUF,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ enum {
 	OUT_DATA_BUF,
 	HISTORY_DATA_BUF,
 	MAX_BUFS_PER_STREAM
-} NUM_BUFS_PER_STREAM;
+};
 
 struct zip_stream;
 struct zipvf_qp;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct zip_stream {
 	comp_func_t func;
 	/* function to process comp operation */
 	void *bufs[MAX_BUFS_PER_STREAM];
-} _rte_cache_aligned;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/compress/octeontx/otx_zip_pmd.c b/drivers/compress/octeontx/otx_zip_pmd.c
index 9d13f9331..67ff5066f 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/octeontx/otx_zip_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/compress/octeontx/otx_zip_pmd.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ zip_pmd_dequeue_burst_sync(void *queue_pair,
 	return nb_dequeued;
 }
 
-struct rte_compressdev_ops octtx_zip_pmd_ops = {
+static struct rte_compressdev_ops octtx_zip_pmd_ops = {
 		.dev_configure		= zip_pmd_config,
 		.dev_start		= zip_pmd_start,
 		.dev_stop		= zip_pmd_stop,
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c b/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c
index 265a8e41a..eba236216 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c
@@ -2874,7 +2874,7 @@ dpaa2_sec_capabilities_get(void *device __rte_unused)
 	return dpaa2_sec_security_cap;
 }
 
-struct rte_security_ops dpaa2_sec_security_ops = {
+static struct rte_security_ops dpaa2_sec_security_ops = {
 	.session_create = dpaa2_sec_security_session_create,
 	.session_update = NULL,
 	.session_stats_get = NULL,
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/dpaa_sec.c b/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/dpaa_sec.c
index 7c0459f9f..d3b28e196 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/dpaa_sec.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/dpaa_sec.c
@@ -2264,7 +2264,7 @@ dpaa_sec_capabilities_get(void *device __rte_unused)
 	return dpaa_sec_security_cap;
 }
 
-struct rte_security_ops dpaa_sec_security_ops = {
+static struct rte_security_ops dpaa_sec_security_ops = {
 	.session_create = dpaa_sec_security_session_create,
 	.session_update = NULL,
 	.session_stats_get = NULL,
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/null/null_crypto_pmd_ops.c b/drivers/crypto/null/null_crypto_pmd_ops.c
index bb2b6e144..2bdcd019e 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/null/null_crypto_pmd_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/null/null_crypto_pmd_ops.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ null_crypto_pmd_sym_session_clear(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 	}
 }
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_ops pmd_ops = {
+static struct rte_cryptodev_ops pmd_ops = {
 		.dev_configure		= null_crypto_pmd_config,
 		.dev_start		= null_crypto_pmd_start,
 		.dev_stop		= null_crypto_pmd_stop,
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/rte_cryptodev_scheduler.c b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/rte_cryptodev_scheduler.c
index 6e4919c49..a21428606 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/rte_cryptodev_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/rte_cryptodev_scheduler.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_scheduler_slave_attach(uint8_t scheduler_id, uint8_t slave_id)
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_driver_id) {
+	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id) {
 		CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Operation not supported");
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_scheduler_slave_detach(uint8_t scheduler_id, uint8_t slave_id)
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_driver_id) {
+	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id) {
 		CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Operation not supported");
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_scheduler_mode_set(uint8_t scheduler_id,
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_driver_id) {
+	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id) {
 		CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Operation not supported");
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
@@ -308,28 +308,28 @@ rte_cryptodev_scheduler_mode_set(uint8_t scheduler_id,
 	switch (mode) {
 	case CDEV_SCHED_MODE_ROUNDROBIN:
 		if (rte_cryptodev_scheduler_load_user_scheduler(scheduler_id,
-				roundrobin_scheduler) < 0) {
+				crypto_scheduler_roundrobin) < 0) {
 			CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Failed to load scheduler");
 			return -1;
 		}
 		break;
 	case CDEV_SCHED_MODE_PKT_SIZE_DISTR:
 		if (rte_cryptodev_scheduler_load_user_scheduler(scheduler_id,
-				pkt_size_based_distr_scheduler) < 0) {
+				crypto_scheduler_pkt_size_based_distr) < 0) {
 			CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Failed to load scheduler");
 			return -1;
 		}
 		break;
 	case CDEV_SCHED_MODE_FAILOVER:
 		if (rte_cryptodev_scheduler_load_user_scheduler(scheduler_id,
-				failover_scheduler) < 0) {
+				crypto_scheduler_failover) < 0) {
 			CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Failed to load scheduler");
 			return -1;
 		}
 		break;
 	case CDEV_SCHED_MODE_MULTICORE:
 		if (rte_cryptodev_scheduler_load_user_scheduler(scheduler_id,
-				multicore_scheduler) < 0) {
+				crypto_scheduler_multicore) < 0) {
 			CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Failed to load scheduler");
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_scheduler_mode_get(uint8_t scheduler_id)
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_driver_id) {
+	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id) {
 		CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Operation not supported");
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ordering_set(uint8_t scheduler_id,
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_driver_id) {
+	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id) {
 		CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Operation not supported");
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ordering_get(uint8_t scheduler_id)
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_driver_id) {
+	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id) {
 		CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Operation not supported");
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_scheduler_load_user_scheduler(uint8_t scheduler_id,
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_driver_id) {
+	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id) {
 		CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Operation not supported");
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_scheduler_slaves_get(uint8_t scheduler_id, uint8_t *slaves)
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_driver_id) {
+	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id) {
 		CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Operation not supported");
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_scheduler_option_get(uint8_t scheduler_id,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_driver_id) {
+	if (dev->driver_id != cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id) {
 		CR_SCHED_LOG(ERR, "Operation not supported");
 		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/rte_cryptodev_scheduler.h b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/rte_cryptodev_scheduler.h
index 3faea4099..9a72a90ae 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/rte_cryptodev_scheduler.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/rte_cryptodev_scheduler.h
@@ -270,13 +270,13 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler {
 };
 
 /** Round-robin mode scheduler */
-extern struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *roundrobin_scheduler;
+extern struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *crypto_scheduler_roundrobin;
 /** Packet-size based distribution mode scheduler */
-extern struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *pkt_size_based_distr_scheduler;
+extern struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *crypto_scheduler_pkt_size_based_distr;
 /** Fail-over mode scheduler */
-extern struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *failover_scheduler;
+extern struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *crypto_scheduler_failover;
 /** multi-core mode scheduler */
-extern struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *multicore_scheduler;
+extern struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *crypto_scheduler_multicore;
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_failover.c b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_failover.c
index ddfb5b815..3a023b8ad 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_failover.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_failover.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ scheduler_create_private_ctx(__rte_unused struct rte_cryptodev *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_fo_ops = {
+static struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_fo_ops = {
 	slave_attach,
 	slave_detach,
 	scheduler_start,
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_fo_ops = {
 	NULL	/*option_get */
 };
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler fo_scheduler = {
+static struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler fo_scheduler = {
 		.name = "failover-scheduler",
 		.description = "scheduler which enqueues to the primary slave, "
 				"and only then enqueues to the secondary slave "
@@ -217,4 +217,4 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler fo_scheduler = {
 		.ops = &scheduler_fo_ops
 };
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *failover_scheduler = &fo_scheduler;
+struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *crypto_scheduler_failover = &fo_scheduler;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_multicore.c b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_multicore.c
index d410e69d3..7808e9a34 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_multicore.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_multicore.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ scheduler_create_private_ctx(struct rte_cryptodev *dev)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_mc_ops = {
+static struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_mc_ops = {
 	slave_attach,
 	slave_detach,
 	scheduler_start,
@@ -403,11 +403,11 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_mc_ops = {
 	NULL	/* option_get */
 };
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler mc_scheduler = {
+static struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler mc_scheduler = {
 		.name = "multicore-scheduler",
 		.description = "scheduler which will run burst across multiple cpu cores",
 		.mode = CDEV_SCHED_MODE_MULTICORE,
 		.ops = &scheduler_mc_ops
 };
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *multicore_scheduler = &mc_scheduler;
+struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *crypto_scheduler_multicore = &mc_scheduler;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pkt_size_distr.c b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pkt_size_distr.c
index 74129b667..45c8dceb4 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pkt_size_distr.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pkt_size_distr.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ scheduler_option_get(struct rte_cryptodev *dev, uint32_t option_type,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_ps_ops = {
+static struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_ps_ops = {
 	slave_attach,
 	slave_detach,
 	scheduler_start,
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_ps_ops = {
 	scheduler_option_get
 };
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler psd_scheduler = {
+static struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler psd_scheduler = {
 		.name = "packet-size-based-scheduler",
 		.description = "scheduler which will distribute crypto op "
 				"burst based on the packet size",
@@ -417,4 +417,4 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler psd_scheduler = {
 		.ops = &scheduler_ps_ops
 };
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *pkt_size_based_distr_scheduler = &psd_scheduler;
+struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *crypto_scheduler_pkt_size_based_distr = &psd_scheduler;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd.c
index a9221a946..20198ccb0 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "rte_cryptodev_scheduler.h"
 #include "scheduler_pmd_private.h"
 
-uint8_t cryptodev_driver_id;
+uint8_t cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id;
 
 struct scheduler_init_params {
 	struct rte_cryptodev_pmd_init_params def_p;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct scheduler_init_params {
 #define RTE_CRYPTODEV_VDEV_COREMASK		("coremask")
 #define RTE_CRYPTODEV_VDEV_CORELIST		("corelist")
 
-const char *scheduler_valid_params[] = {
+static const char * const scheduler_valid_params[] = {
 	RTE_CRYPTODEV_VDEV_NAME,
 	RTE_CRYPTODEV_VDEV_SLAVE,
 	RTE_CRYPTODEV_VDEV_MODE,
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ cryptodev_scheduler_create(const char *name,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	dev->driver_id = cryptodev_driver_id;
+	dev->driver_id = cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id;
 	dev->dev_ops = rte_crypto_scheduler_pmd_ops;
 
 	sched_ctx = dev->data->dev_private;
@@ -569,4 +569,4 @@ RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(CRYPTODEV_NAME_SCHEDULER_PMD,
 	"slave=<name>");
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_CRYPTO_DRIVER(scheduler_crypto_drv,
 		cryptodev_scheduler_pmd_drv.driver,
-		cryptodev_driver_id);
+		cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd_ops.c b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd_ops.c
index 778071ca0..939105aa8 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd_ops.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ scheduler_pmd_sym_session_clear(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 	}
 }
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_ops scheduler_pmd_ops = {
+static struct rte_cryptodev_ops scheduler_pmd_ops = {
 		.dev_configure		= scheduler_pmd_config,
 		.dev_start		= scheduler_pmd_start,
 		.dev_stop		= scheduler_pmd_stop,
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd_private.h b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd_private.h
index d5e602a2f..3ed480c18 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd_private.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_pmd_private.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct scheduler_qp_ctx {
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
 
 
-extern uint8_t cryptodev_driver_id;
+extern uint8_t cryptodev_scheduler_driver_id;
 
 static __rte_always_inline uint16_t
 get_max_enqueue_order_count(struct rte_ring *order_ring, uint16_t nb_ops)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_roundrobin.c b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_roundrobin.c
index c7082a64e..9b891d978 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_roundrobin.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/scheduler/scheduler_roundrobin.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ scheduler_create_private_ctx(__rte_unused struct rte_cryptodev *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_rr_ops = {
+static struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_rr_ops = {
 	slave_attach,
 	slave_detach,
 	scheduler_start,
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler_ops scheduler_rr_ops = {
 	NULL	/* option_get */
 };
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler scheduler = {
+static struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler scheduler = {
 		.name = "roundrobin-scheduler",
 		.description = "scheduler which will round robin burst across "
 				"slave crypto devices",
@@ -209,4 +209,4 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler scheduler = {
 		.ops = &scheduler_rr_ops
 };
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *roundrobin_scheduler = &scheduler;
+struct rte_cryptodev_scheduler *crypto_scheduler_roundrobin = &scheduler;
diff --git a/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.c b/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.c
index c5e891cdb..a273d4c96 100644
--- a/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.c
@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@ ssovf_eth_rx_adapter_queue_del(const struct rte_eventdev *dev,
 	const struct octeontx_nic *nic = eth_dev->data->dev_private;
 	pki_del_qos_t pki_qos;
 	RTE_SET_USED(dev);
-	RTE_SET_USED(rx_queue_id);
 
 	ret = strncmp(eth_dev->data->name, "eth_octeontx", 12);
 	if (ret)
@@ -467,7 +466,7 @@ ssovf_eth_rx_adapter_queue_del(const struct rte_eventdev *dev,
 	ret = octeontx_pki_port_delete_qos(nic->port_id, &pki_qos);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		ssovf_log_err("Failed to delete QOS port=%d, q=%d",
-				nic->port_id, queue_conf->ev.queue_id);
+				nic->port_id, rx_queue_id);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/dpaa/dpaa_mempool.c b/drivers/mempool/dpaa/dpaa_mempool.c
index 1c121223b..8052d3b66 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/dpaa/dpaa_mempool.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/dpaa/dpaa_mempool.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ dpaa_populate(struct rte_mempool *mp, unsigned int max_objs,
 					       obj_cb, obj_cb_arg);
 }
 
-struct rte_mempool_ops dpaa_mpool_ops = {
+static struct rte_mempool_ops dpaa_mpool_ops = {
 	.name = DPAA_MEMPOOL_OPS_NAME,
 	.alloc = dpaa_mbuf_create_pool,
 	.free = dpaa_mbuf_free_pool,
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/dpaa2_hw_mempool.c b/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/dpaa2_hw_mempool.c
index 84ff12811..ffa0e32a4 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/dpaa2_hw_mempool.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/dpaa2_hw_mempool.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ dpaa2_populate(struct rte_mempool *mp, unsigned int max_objs,
 					       obj_cb, obj_cb_arg);
 }
 
-struct rte_mempool_ops dpaa2_mpool_ops = {
+static struct rte_mempool_ops dpaa2_mpool_ops = {
 	.name = DPAA2_MEMPOOL_OPS_NAME,
 	.alloc = rte_hw_mbuf_create_pool,
 	.free = rte_hw_mbuf_free_pool,
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c
index f8cea4b6d..dd847c6f6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static const struct ether_addr lacp_mac_addr = {
 	.addr_bytes = { 0x01, 0x80, 0xC2, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02 }
 };
 
-struct port mode_8023ad_ports[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+struct port bond_mode_8023ad_ports[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
 
 static void
 timer_cancel(uint64_t *timer)
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ set_warning_flags(struct port *port, uint16_t flags)
 static void
 show_warnings(uint16_t slave_id)
 {
-	struct port *port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	struct port *port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 	uint8_t warnings;
 
 	do {
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static void
 rx_machine(struct bond_dev_private *internals, uint16_t slave_id,
 		struct lacpdu *lacp)
 {
-	struct port *agg, *port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	struct port *agg, *port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 	uint64_t timeout;
 
 	if (SM_FLAG(port, BEGIN)) {
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ rx_machine(struct bond_dev_private *internals, uint16_t slave_id,
 		ACTOR_STATE_CLR(port, DEFAULTED);
 
 		/* If LACP partner params match this port actor params */
-		agg = &mode_8023ad_ports[port->aggregator_port_id];
+		agg = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[port->aggregator_port_id];
 		bool match = port->actor.system_priority ==
 			lacp->partner.port_params.system_priority &&
 			is_same_ether_addr(&agg->actor.system,
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ rx_machine(struct bond_dev_private *internals, uint16_t slave_id,
 static void
 periodic_machine(struct bond_dev_private *internals, uint16_t slave_id)
 {
-	struct port *port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	struct port *port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 	/* Calculate if either site is LACP enabled */
 	uint64_t timeout;
 	uint8_t active = ACTOR_STATE(port, LACP_ACTIVE) ||
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ periodic_machine(struct bond_dev_private *internals, uint16_t slave_id)
 static void
 mux_machine(struct bond_dev_private *internals, uint16_t slave_id)
 {
-	struct port *port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	struct port *port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 
 	/* Save current state for later use */
 	const uint8_t state_mask = STATE_SYNCHRONIZATION | STATE_DISTRIBUTING |
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ mux_machine(struct bond_dev_private *internals, uint16_t slave_id)
 static void
 tx_machine(struct bond_dev_private *internals, uint16_t slave_id)
 {
-	struct port *agg, *port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	struct port *agg, *port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 
 	struct rte_mbuf *lacp_pkt = NULL;
 	struct lacpdu_header *hdr;
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ tx_machine(struct bond_dev_private *internals, uint16_t slave_id)
 	lacpdu->actor.info_length = sizeof(struct lacpdu_actor_partner_params);
 	memcpy(&hdr->lacpdu.actor.port_params, &port->actor,
 			sizeof(port->actor));
-	agg = &mode_8023ad_ports[port->aggregator_port_id];
+	agg = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[port->aggregator_port_id];
 	ether_addr_copy(&agg->actor.system, &hdr->lacpdu.actor.port_params.system);
 	lacpdu->actor.state = port->actor_state;
 
@@ -677,11 +677,11 @@ selection_logic(struct bond_dev_private *internals, uint8_t slave_id)
 
 	slaves = internals->active_slaves;
 	slaves_count = internals->active_slave_count;
-	port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 
 	/* Search for aggregator suitable for this port */
 	for (i = 0; i < slaves_count; ++i) {
-		agg = &mode_8023ad_ports[slaves[i]];
+		agg = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slaves[i]];
 		/* Skip ports that are not aggreagators */
 		if (agg->aggregator_port_id != slaves[i])
 			continue;
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ bond_mode_8023ad_periodic_cb(void *arg)
 		} else
 			key = 0;
 
-		port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+		port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 
 		key = rte_cpu_to_be_16(key);
 		if (key != port->actor.key) {
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ bond_mode_8023ad_periodic_cb(void *arg)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < internals->active_slave_count; i++) {
 		slave_id = internals->active_slaves[i];
-		port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+		port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 
 		if ((port->actor.key &
 				rte_cpu_to_be_16(BOND_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX_KEY)) == 0) {
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ bond_mode_8023ad_activate_slave(struct rte_eth_dev *bond_dev,
 {
 	struct bond_dev_private *internals = bond_dev->data->dev_private;
 
-	struct port *port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	struct port *port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 	struct port_params initial = {
 			.system = { { 0 } },
 			.system_priority = rte_cpu_to_be_16(0xFFFF),
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ bond_mode_8023ad_deactivate_slave(struct rte_eth_dev *bond_dev __rte_unused,
 	struct port *port = NULL;
 	uint8_t old_partner_state;
 
-	port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 
 	ACTOR_STATE_CLR(port, AGGREGATION);
 	port->selected = UNSELECTED;
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ bond_mode_8023ad_mac_address_update(struct rte_eth_dev *bond_dev)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < internals->active_slave_count; i++) {
 		slave_id = internals->active_slaves[i];
-		slave = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+		slave = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 		rte_eth_macaddr_get(slave_id, &slave_addr);
 
 		if (is_same_ether_addr(&slave_addr, &slave->actor.system))
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ bond_mode_8023ad_mac_address_update(struct rte_eth_dev *bond_dev)
 			continue;
 
 		for (j = 0; j < internals->active_slave_count; j++) {
-			agg_slave = &mode_8023ad_ports[internals->active_slaves[j]];
+			agg_slave = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[internals->active_slaves[j]];
 			if (agg_slave->aggregator_port_id == slave_id)
 				SM_FLAG_SET(agg_slave, NTT);
 		}
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ bond_mode_8023ad_handle_slow_pkt(struct bond_dev_private *internals,
 				  uint16_t slave_id, struct rte_mbuf *pkt)
 {
 	struct mode8023ad_private *mode4 = &internals->mode4;
-	struct port *port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	struct port *port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 	struct marker_header *m_hdr;
 	uint64_t marker_timer, old_marker_timer;
 	int retval;
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ rte_eth_bond_8023ad_slave_info(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t slave_id,
 				internals->active_slave_count)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 	info->selected = port->selected;
 
 	info->actor_state = port->actor_state;
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ rte_eth_bond_8023ad_ext_collect(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t slave_id,
 	if (res != 0)
 		return res;
 
-	port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 
 	if (enabled)
 		ACTOR_STATE_SET(port, COLLECTING);
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ rte_eth_bond_8023ad_ext_distrib(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t slave_id,
 	if (res != 0)
 		return res;
 
-	port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 
 	if (enabled)
 		ACTOR_STATE_SET(port, DISTRIBUTING);
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ rte_eth_bond_8023ad_ext_distrib_get(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t slave_id)
 	if (err != 0)
 		return err;
 
-	port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 	return ACTOR_STATE(port, DISTRIBUTING);
 }
 
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ rte_eth_bond_8023ad_ext_collect_get(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t slave_id)
 	if (err != 0)
 		return err;
 
-	port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 	return ACTOR_STATE(port, COLLECTING);
 }
 
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ rte_eth_bond_8023ad_ext_slowtx(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t slave_id,
 	if (res != 0)
 		return res;
 
-	port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+	port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 
 	if (rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(lacp_pkt) < sizeof(struct lacpdu_header))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ bond_mode_8023ad_ext_periodic_cb(void *arg)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < internals->active_slave_count; i++) {
 		slave_id = internals->active_slaves[i];
-		port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
+		port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_id];
 
 		if (rte_ring_dequeue(port->rx_ring, &pkt) == 0) {
 			struct rte_mbuf *lacp_pkt = pkt;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad_private.h b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad_private.h
index 0f490a515..c51426b85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad_private.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad_private.h
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ struct mode8023ad_private {
  * The pool of *port* structures. The size of the pool
  * is configured at compile-time in the <rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c> file.
  */
-extern struct port mode_8023ad_ports[];
+extern struct port bond_mode_8023ad_ports[];
 
 /* Forward declaration */
 struct bond_dev_private;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c
index 1d6245aa5..a7b592eed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ bond_ethdev_tx_burst_8023ad_fast_queue(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs,
 
 	dist_slave_count = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < slave_count; i++) {
-		struct port *port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_port_ids[i]];
+		struct port *port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_port_ids[i]];
 
 		if (ACTOR_STATE(port, DISTRIBUTING))
 			dist_slave_port_ids[dist_slave_count++] =
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ bond_ethdev_rx_burst_8023ad(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs,
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < slave_count && num_rx_total < nb_pkts; i++) {
 		j = num_rx_total;
-		collecting = ACTOR_STATE(&mode_8023ad_ports[slaves[idx]],
+		collecting = ACTOR_STATE(&bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slaves[idx]],
 					 COLLECTING);
 
 		/* Read packets from this slave */
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ bond_ethdev_tx_burst_8023ad(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs,
 
 	dist_slave_count = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < slave_count; i++) {
-		struct port *port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_port_ids[i]];
+		struct port *port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_port_ids[i]];
 
 		if (ACTOR_STATE(port, DISTRIBUTING))
 			dist_slave_port_ids[dist_slave_count++] =
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ bond_ethdev_tx_burst_8023ad(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs,
 
 	/* Check for LACP control packets and send if available */
 	for (i = 0; i < slave_count; i++) {
-		struct port *port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_port_ids[i]];
+		struct port *port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_port_ids[i]];
 		struct rte_mbuf *ctrl_pkt = NULL;
 
 		if (likely(rte_ring_empty(port->tx_ring)))
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ slave_configure_slow_queue(struct rte_eth_dev *bonded_eth_dev,
 	int errval = 0;
 	struct bond_dev_private *internals = (struct bond_dev_private *)
 		bonded_eth_dev->data->dev_private;
-	struct port *port = &mode_8023ad_ports[slave_eth_dev->data->port_id];
+	struct port *port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[slave_eth_dev->data->port_id];
 
 	if (port->slow_pool == NULL) {
 		char mem_name[256];
@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@ bond_ethdev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 
 		/* Discard all messages to/from mode 4 state machines */
 		for (i = 0; i < internals->active_slave_count; i++) {
-			port = &mode_8023ad_ports[internals->active_slaves[i]];
+			port = &bond_mode_8023ad_ports[internals->active_slaves[i]];
 
 			RTE_ASSERT(port->rx_ring != NULL);
 			while (rte_ring_dequeue(port->rx_ring, &pkt) != -ENOENT)
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
index bee3bd640..da6d29c75 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ cxgbe_rtef_parse_actions(struct rte_flow *flow,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct chrte_fparse parseitem[] = {
+static struct chrte_fparse parseitem[] = {
 	[RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH] = {
 		.fptr  = ch_rte_parsetype_eth,
 		.dmask = &(const struct rte_flow_item_eth){
diff --git a/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c
index 65333c47a..0d0fe1e26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c
@@ -996,7 +996,6 @@ static int enic_check_devargs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct enic *enicpmd_list_head = NULL;
 /* Initialize the driver
  * It returns 0 on success.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c
index c3999f026..b18a2524e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ failsafe_hotplug_alarm_install(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (PRIV(dev)->pending_alarm)
 		return 0;
-	ret = rte_eal_alarm_set(hotplug_poll * 1000,
+	ret = rte_eal_alarm_set(failsafe_hotplug_poll * 1000,
 				fs_hotplug_alarm,
 				dev);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ fs_eth_dev_create(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 		goto unregister_new_callback;
 	}
 	mac = &dev->data->mac_addrs[0];
-	if (mac_from_arg) {
+	if (failsafe_mac_from_arg) {
 		/*
 		 * If MAC address was provided as a parameter,
 		 * apply to all probed slaves.
diff --git a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_args.c b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_args.c
index 626883ce2..c4b220c48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_args.c
+++ b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_args.c
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 typedef int (parse_cb)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, const char *params,
 		uint8_t head);
 
-uint64_t hotplug_poll = FAILSAFE_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS;
-int mac_from_arg = 0;
+uint64_t failsafe_hotplug_poll = FAILSAFE_HOTPLUG_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS;
+int failsafe_mac_from_arg;
 
-const char *pmd_failsafe_init_parameters[] = {
+static const char * const pmd_failsafe_init_parameters[] = {
 	PMD_FAILSAFE_HOTPLUG_POLL_KVARG,
 	PMD_FAILSAFE_MAC_KVARG,
 	NULL,
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ failsafe_args_parse(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, const char *params)
 		if (arg_count == 1) {
 			ret = rte_kvargs_process(kvlist,
 					PMD_FAILSAFE_HOTPLUG_POLL_KVARG,
-					&fs_get_u64_arg, &hotplug_poll);
+					&fs_get_u64_arg, &failsafe_hotplug_poll);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto free_kvlist;
 		}
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ failsafe_args_parse(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, const char *params)
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto free_kvlist;
 
-			mac_from_arg = 1;
+			failsafe_mac_from_arg = 1;
 		}
 	}
 	PRIV(dev)->state = DEV_PARSED;
diff --git a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_private.h b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_private.h
index abbe73e87..c46cb2104 100644
--- a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_private.h
+++ b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_private.h
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ int failsafe_eth_new_event_callback(uint16_t port_id,
 extern const char pmd_failsafe_driver_name[];
 extern const struct eth_dev_ops failsafe_ops;
 extern const struct rte_flow_ops fs_flow_ops;
-extern uint64_t hotplug_poll;
-extern int mac_from_arg;
+extern uint64_t failsafe_hotplug_poll;
+extern int failsafe_mac_from_arg;
 
 /* HELPERS */
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
index 46983e5df..52398fe48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct fm10k_xstats_name_off {
 	unsigned offset;
 };
 
-struct fm10k_xstats_name_off fm10k_hw_stats_strings[] = {
+static struct fm10k_xstats_name_off fm10k_hw_stats_strings[] = {
 	{"completion_timeout_count", offsetof(struct fm10k_hw_stats, timeout)},
 	{"unsupported_requests_count", offsetof(struct fm10k_hw_stats, ur)},
 	{"completer_abort_count", offsetof(struct fm10k_hw_stats, ca)},
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct fm10k_xstats_name_off fm10k_hw_stats_strings[] = {
 #define FM10K_NB_HW_XSTATS (sizeof(fm10k_hw_stats_strings) / \
 		sizeof(fm10k_hw_stats_strings[0]))
 
-struct fm10k_xstats_name_off fm10k_hw_stats_rx_q_strings[] = {
+static struct fm10k_xstats_name_off fm10k_hw_stats_rx_q_strings[] = {
 	{"packets", offsetof(struct fm10k_hw_stats_q, rx_packets)},
 	{"bytes", offsetof(struct fm10k_hw_stats_q, rx_bytes)},
 	{"dropped", offsetof(struct fm10k_hw_stats_q, rx_drops)},
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct fm10k_xstats_name_off fm10k_hw_stats_rx_q_strings[] = {
 #define FM10K_NB_RX_Q_XSTATS (sizeof(fm10k_hw_stats_rx_q_strings) / \
 		sizeof(fm10k_hw_stats_rx_q_strings[0]))
 
-struct fm10k_xstats_name_off fm10k_hw_stats_tx_q_strings[] = {
+static struct fm10k_xstats_name_off fm10k_hw_stats_tx_q_strings[] = {
 	{"packets", offsetof(struct fm10k_hw_stats_q, tx_packets)},
 	{"bytes", offsetof(struct fm10k_hw_stats_q, tx_bytes)},
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_diag.c b/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_diag.c
index f94c117ae..3ccbea482 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_diag.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_diag.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static enum i40e_status_code i40e_diag_reg_pattern_test(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 	return I40E_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-struct i40e_diag_reg_test_info i40e_reg_list[] = {
+static struct i40e_diag_reg_test_info i40e_reg_list[] = {
 	/* offset               mask         elements   stride */
 	{I40E_QTX_CTL(0),       0x0000FFBF, 1, I40E_QTX_CTL(1) - I40E_QTX_CTL(0)},
 	{I40E_PFINT_ITR0(0),    0x00000FFF, 3, I40E_PFINT_ITR0(1) - I40E_PFINT_ITR0(0)},
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_diag.h b/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_diag.h
index 1a781f83d..4434fc960 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_diag.h
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/base/i40e_diag.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ struct i40e_diag_reg_test_info {
 	u32 stride;	/* bytes between each element */
 };
 
-extern struct i40e_diag_reg_test_info i40e_reg_list[];
-
 enum i40e_status_code i40e_diag_set_loopback(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 					     enum i40e_lb_mode mode);
 enum i40e_status_code i40e_diag_fw_alive_test(struct i40e_hw *hw);
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_flow.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_flow.c
index 7d787c173..3694df255 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_flow.c
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ const struct rte_flow_ops i40e_flow_ops = {
 	.flush = i40e_flow_flush,
 };
 
-union i40e_filter_t cons_filter;
-enum rte_filter_type cons_filter_type = RTE_ETH_FILTER_NONE;
+static union i40e_filter_t cons_filter;
+static enum rte_filter_type cons_filter_type = RTE_ETH_FILTER_NONE;
 
 /* Pattern matched ethertype filter */
 static enum rte_flow_item_type pattern_ethertype[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_vf_representor.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_vf_representor.c
index 0bfbb4f60..a47518d3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_vf_representor.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_vf_representor.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ i40e_vf_representor_vlan_pvid_set(struct rte_eth_dev *ethdev, uint16_t vlan_id,
 		representor->vf_id, vlan_id);
 }
 
-struct eth_dev_ops i40e_representor_dev_ops = {
+static struct eth_dev_ops i40e_representor_dev_ops = {
 	.dev_infos_get        = i40e_vf_representor_dev_infos_get,
 
 	.dev_start            = i40e_vf_representor_dev_start,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ifc/ifcvf_vdpa.c b/drivers/net/ifc/ifcvf_vdpa.c
index e1245f91b..57f60d29e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ifc/ifcvf_vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ifc/ifcvf_vdpa.c
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ ifcvf_get_protocol_features(int did __rte_unused, uint64_t *features)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct rte_vdpa_dev_ops ifcvf_ops = {
+static struct rte_vdpa_dev_ops ifcvf_ops = {
 	.get_queue_num = ifcvf_get_queue_num,
 	.get_features = ifcvf_get_vdpa_features,
 	.get_protocol_features = ifcvf_get_protocol_features,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_vf_representor.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_vf_representor.c
index b0fbbc49f..eec0bf66f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_vf_representor.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_vf_representor.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ ixgbe_vf_representor_vlan_strip_queue_set(struct rte_eth_dev *ethdev,
 		representor->vf_id, on);
 }
 
-struct eth_dev_ops ixgbe_vf_representor_dev_ops = {
+static struct eth_dev_ops ixgbe_vf_representor_dev_ops = {
 	.dev_infos_get		= ixgbe_vf_representor_dev_infos_get,
 
 	.dev_start		= ixgbe_vf_representor_dev_start,
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/base/bcm_osal.c b/drivers/net/qede/base/bcm_osal.c
index d5d6f8e20..693328f11 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/base/bcm_osal.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/base/bcm_osal.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /* Array of memzone pointers */
 static const struct rte_memzone *ecore_mz_mapping[RTE_MAX_MEMZONE];
 /* Counter to track current memzone allocated */
-uint16_t ecore_mz_count;
+static uint16_t ecore_mz_count;
 
 unsigned long qede_log2_align(unsigned long n)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_sriov.c b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_sriov.c
index db929f015..7d73ef9fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_sriov.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static enum _ecore_status_t ecore_sriov_eqe_event(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 						  union event_ring_data *data,
 						  u8 fw_return_code);
 
-const char *ecore_channel_tlvs_string[] = {
+const char *qede_ecore_channel_tlvs_string[] = {
 	"CHANNEL_TLV_NONE",	/* ends tlv sequence */
 	"CHANNEL_TLV_ACQUIRE",
 	"CHANNEL_TLV_VPORT_START",
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ static void ecore_iov_lock_vf_pf_channel(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 			   ECORE_MSG_IOV,
 			   "VF[%d]: vf pf channel locked by %s\n",
 			   vf->abs_vf_id,
-			   ecore_channel_tlvs_string[tlv]);
+			   qede_ecore_channel_tlvs_string[tlv]);
 	else
 		DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn,
 			   ECORE_MSG_IOV,
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ static void ecore_iov_unlock_vf_pf_channel(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 			   ECORE_MSG_IOV,
 			   "VF[%d]: vf pf channel unlocked by %s\n",
 			   vf->abs_vf_id,
-			   ecore_channel_tlvs_string[expected_tlv]);
+			   qede_ecore_channel_tlvs_string[expected_tlv]);
 	else
 		DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn,
 			   ECORE_MSG_IOV,
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ void ecore_dp_tlv_list(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, void *tlvs_list)
 		if (ecore_iov_tlv_supported(tlv->type))
 			DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, ECORE_MSG_IOV,
 				   "TLV number %d: type %s, length %d\n",
-				   i, ecore_channel_tlvs_string[tlv->type],
+				   i, qede_ecore_channel_tlvs_string[tlv->type],
 				   tlv->length);
 		else
 			DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, ECORE_MSG_IOV,
@@ -2919,7 +2919,7 @@ void *ecore_iov_search_list_tlvs(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 		if (p_tlv->type == req_type) {
 			DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, ECORE_MSG_IOV,
 				   "Extended tlv type %s, length %d found\n",
-				   ecore_channel_tlvs_string[p_tlv->type],
+				   qede_ecore_channel_tlvs_string[p_tlv->type],
 				   p_tlv->length);
 			return p_tlv;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_vf.c b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_vf.c
index 409b301d3..3ba6a0cf2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_vf.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static void *ecore_vf_pf_prep(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u16 type, u16 length)
 
 	DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, ECORE_MSG_IOV,
 		   "preparing to send %s tlv over vf pf channel\n",
-		   ecore_channel_tlvs_string[type]);
+		   qede_ecore_channel_tlvs_string[type]);
 
 	/* Reset Request offset */
 	p_iov->offset = (u8 *)(p_iov->vf2pf_request);
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ ecore_vf_handle_vp_update_is_needed(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 		return !!p_data->sge_tpa_params;
 	default:
 		DP_INFO(p_hwfn, "Unexpected vport-update TLV[%d] %s\n",
-			tlv, ecore_channel_tlvs_string[tlv]);
+			tlv, qede_ecore_channel_tlvs_string[tlv]);
 		return false;
 	}
 }
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ ecore_vf_handle_vp_update_tlvs_resp(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 		if (p_resp && p_resp->hdr.status)
 			DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, ECORE_MSG_IOV,
 				   "TLV[%d] type %s Configuration %s\n",
-				   tlv, ecore_channel_tlvs_string[tlv],
+				   tlv, qede_ecore_channel_tlvs_string[tlv],
 				   (p_resp && p_resp->hdr.status) ? "succeeded"
 								  : "failed");
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_vfpf_if.h b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_vfpf_if.h
index c30677abc..c7ecb01c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_vfpf_if.h
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_vfpf_if.h
@@ -698,6 +698,6 @@ enum {
 
 /*!!!!! Make sure to update STRINGS structure accordingly !!!!!*/
 };
-extern const char *ecore_channel_tlvs_string[];
+extern const char *qede_ecore_channel_tlvs_string[];
 
 #endif /* __ECORE_VF_PF_IF_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
index 18d244a93..332d47075 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static void qede_print_adapter_info(struct qede_dev *qdev)
 		(info->mfw_rev >> 16) & 0xff,
 		(info->mfw_rev >> 8) & 0xff, (info->mfw_rev) & 0xff);
 	DP_INFO(edev, " Management Firmware version : %s\n", ver_str);
-	DP_INFO(edev, " Firmware file : %s\n", fw_file);
+	DP_INFO(edev, " Firmware file : %s\n", qede_fw_file);
 	DP_INFO(edev, "*********************************\n");
 }
 
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ static void qede_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	DP_INFO(edev, "Device is stopped\n");
 }
 
-const char *valid_args[] = {
+static const char * const valid_args[] = {
 	QEDE_NPAR_TX_SWITCHING,
 	QEDE_VF_TX_SWITCHING,
 	NULL,
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.h
index 622bd011a..c06274d94 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 
 
 
-extern char fw_file[];
+extern char qede_fw_file[];
 
 /* Number of PF connections - 32 RX + 32 TX */
 #define QEDE_PF_NUM_CONNS		(64)
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c b/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c
index c361f24d5..df83666fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 #define QEDE_ALARM_TIMEOUT_US 100000
 
 /* Global variable to hold absolute path of fw file */
-char fw_file[PATH_MAX];
+char qede_fw_file[PATH_MAX];
 
-const char *QEDE_DEFAULT_FIRMWARE =
+static const char * const QEDE_DEFAULT_FIRMWARE =
 	"/lib/firmware/qed/qed_init_values-8.37.7.0.bin";
 
 static void
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ static int qed_load_firmware_data(struct ecore_dev *edev)
 	const char *fw = RTE_LIBRTE_QEDE_FW;
 
 	if (strcmp(fw, "") == 0)
-		strcpy(fw_file, QEDE_DEFAULT_FIRMWARE);
+		strcpy(qede_fw_file, QEDE_DEFAULT_FIRMWARE);
 	else
-		strcpy(fw_file, fw);
+		strcpy(qede_fw_file, fw);
 
-	fd = open(fw_file, O_RDONLY);
+	fd = open(qede_fw_file, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		DP_ERR(edev, "Can't open firmware file\n");
 		return -ENOENT;
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ static int qed_slowpath_start(struct ecore_dev *edev,
 #ifdef CONFIG_ECORE_BINARY_FW
 		rc = qed_load_firmware_data(edev);
 		if (rc) {
-			DP_ERR(edev, "Failed to find fw file %s\n", fw_file);
+			DP_ERR(edev, "Failed to find fw file %s\n",
+				qede_fw_file);
 			goto err;
 		}
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
index 58c57acfe..5105f2467 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ sfc_rx_qfini(struct sfc_adapter *sa, unsigned int sw_index)
 /*
  * Mapping between RTE RSS hash functions and their EFX counterparts.
  */
-struct sfc_rss_hf_rte_to_efx sfc_rss_hf_map[] = {
+static struct sfc_rss_hf_rte_to_efx sfc_rss_hf_map[] = {
 	{ ETH_RSS_NONFRAG_IPV4_TCP,
 	  EFX_RX_HASH(IPV4_TCP, 4TUPLE) },
 	{ ETH_RSS_NONFRAG_IPV4_UDP,
diff --git a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c
index 41c3a9b3e..32063a478 100644
--- a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static const char welcome[] =
 
 static const char prompt[] = "softnic> ";
 
-struct softnic_conn_params conn_params_default = {
+static struct softnic_conn_params conn_params_default = {
 	.welcome = welcome,
 	.prompt = prompt,
 	.addr = "0.0.0.0",
diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/tap_bpf_insns.h b/drivers/net/tap/tap_bpf_insns.h
index 79e3e66b1..1a91bbad1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap/tap_bpf_insns.h
+++ b/drivers/net/tap/tap_bpf_insns.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <tap_bpf.h>
 
 /* bpf_insn array matching cls_q section. See tap_bpf_program.c file */
-struct bpf_insn cls_q_insns[] = {
+static struct bpf_insn cls_q_insns[] = {
 	{0x61,    2,    1,       52, 0x00000000},
 	{0x18,    3,    0,        0, 0xdeadbeef},
 	{0x00,    0,    0,        0, 0x00000000},
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct bpf_insn cls_q_insns[] = {
 };
 
 /* bpf_insn array matching l3_l4 section. see tap_bpf_program.c file */
-struct bpf_insn l3_l4_hash_insns[] = {
+static struct bpf_insn l3_l4_hash_insns[] = {
 	{0xbf,    7,    1,        0, 0x00000000},
 	{0x61,    8,    7,       16, 0x00000000},
 	{0x61,    6,    7,       76, 0x00000000},
diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c b/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c
index 0e01af62a..526c51e1e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ tap_flow_implicit_flush(struct pmd_internals *pmd, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 #define KEY_IDX_OFFSET (3 * MAX_RSS_KEYS)
 #define SEC_NAME_CLS_Q "cls_q"
 
-const char *sec_name[SEC_MAX] = {
+static const char *sec_name[SEC_MAX] = {
 	[SEC_L3_L4] = "l3_l4",
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
index 668cc99f5..83a85cc6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ struct virtio_user_backend_ops {
 			 int enable);
 };
 
-struct virtio_user_backend_ops ops_user;
-struct virtio_user_backend_ops ops_kernel;
+extern struct virtio_user_backend_ops virtio_ops_user;
+extern struct virtio_user_backend_ops virtio_ops_kernel;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c
index b3bfcb76f..935b7f5fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_kernel.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ vhost_kernel_enable_queue_pair(struct virtio_user_dev *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct virtio_user_backend_ops ops_kernel = {
+struct virtio_user_backend_ops virtio_ops_kernel = {
 	.setup = vhost_kernel_setup,
 	.send_request = vhost_kernel_ioctl,
 	.enable_qp = vhost_kernel_enable_queue_pair
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c
index 8bd49610b..2c6eba0a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/vhost_user.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ vhost_user_enable_queue_pair(struct virtio_user_dev *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct virtio_user_backend_ops ops_user = {
+struct virtio_user_backend_ops virtio_ops_user = {
 	.setup = vhost_user_setup,
 	.send_request = vhost_user_sock,
 	.enable_qp = vhost_user_enable_queue_pair
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c
index 55a82e4b0..99a8209c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_user/virtio_user_dev.c
@@ -338,12 +338,12 @@ virtio_user_dev_setup(struct virtio_user_dev *dev)
 			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Server mode doesn't support vhost-kernel!");
 			return -1;
 		}
-		dev->ops = &ops_user;
+		dev->ops = &virtio_ops_user;
 	} else {
 		if (is_vhost_user_by_type(dev->path)) {
-			dev->ops = &ops_user;
+			dev->ops = &virtio_ops_user;
 		} else {
-			dev->ops = &ops_kernel;
+			dev->ops = &virtio_ops_kernel;
 
 			dev->vhostfds = malloc(dev->max_queue_pairs *
 					       sizeof(int));
diff --git a/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/dpaa2_qdma.c b/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/dpaa2_qdma.c
index 2787d3028..d2d84ab7e 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/dpaa2_qdma.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/dpaa2_qdma.c
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ static struct qdma_hw_queue_list qdma_queue_list
 	= TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qdma_queue_list);
 
 /* QDMA Virtual Queues */
-struct qdma_virt_queue *qdma_vqs;
+static struct qdma_virt_queue *qdma_vqs;
 
 /* QDMA per core data */
-struct qdma_per_core_info qdma_core_info[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
+static struct qdma_per_core_info qdma_core_info[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
 
 static struct qdma_hw_queue *
 alloc_hw_queue(uint32_t lcore_id)
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_enumerate.c b/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_enumerate.c
index f0939dc32..848e5183a 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_enumerate.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_enumerate.c
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ static struct feature_info port_features[] = {
 		.resource_size = sizeof(struct feature_port_header),
 		.feature_index = PORT_FEATURE_ID_HEADER,
 		.revision_id = PORT_HEADER_REVISION,
-		.ops = &port_hdr_ops,
+		.ops = &ifpga_rawdev_port_hdr_ops,
 	},
 	{
 		.name = PORT_FEATURE_ERR,
 		.resource_size = sizeof(struct feature_port_error),
 		.feature_index = PORT_FEATURE_ID_ERROR,
 		.revision_id = PORT_ERR_REVISION,
-		.ops = &port_error_ops,
+		.ops = &ifpga_rawdev_port_error_ops,
 	},
 	{
 		.name = PORT_FEATURE_UMSG,
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ static struct feature_info port_features[] = {
 		.resource_size = sizeof(struct feature_port_uint),
 		.feature_index = PORT_FEATURE_ID_UINT,
 		.revision_id = PORT_UINT_REVISION,
-		.ops = &port_uint_ops,
+		.ops = &ifpga_rawdev_port_uint_ops,
 	},
 	{
 		.name = PORT_FEATURE_STP,
 		.resource_size = PORT_FEATURE_STP_REGION_SIZE,
 		.feature_index = PORT_FEATURE_ID_STP,
 		.revision_id = PORT_STP_REVISION,
-		.ops = &port_stp_ops,
+		.ops = &ifpga_rawdev_port_stp_ops,
 	},
 	{
 		.name = PORT_FEATURE_UAFU,
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_feature_dev.h b/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_feature_dev.h
index 7a39a580c..4391f2fdf 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_feature_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_feature_dev.h
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ struct fpga_uafu_irq_set {
 
 int port_set_irq(struct ifpga_port_hw *port, u32 feature_id, void *irq_set);
 
-extern struct feature_ops port_hdr_ops;
-extern struct feature_ops port_error_ops;
-extern struct feature_ops port_stp_ops;
-extern struct feature_ops port_uint_ops;
+extern struct feature_ops ifpga_rawdev_port_hdr_ops;
+extern struct feature_ops ifpga_rawdev_port_error_ops;
+extern struct feature_ops ifpga_rawdev_port_stp_ops;
+extern struct feature_ops ifpga_rawdev_port_uint_ops;
 
 /* help functions for feature ops */
 int fpga_msix_set_block(struct feature *feature, unsigned int start,
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_port.c b/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_port.c
index a962f5b45..8b5668d49 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_port.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_port.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static int port_hdr_set_prop(struct feature *feature, struct feature_prop *prop)
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-struct feature_ops port_hdr_ops = {
+struct feature_ops ifpga_rawdev_port_hdr_ops = {
 	.init = port_hdr_init,
 	.uinit = port_hdr_uinit,
 	.get_prop = port_hdr_get_prop,
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static void port_stp_uinit(struct feature *feature)
 	dev_info(NULL, "port stp uinit.\n");
 }
 
-struct feature_ops port_stp_ops = {
+struct feature_ops ifpga_rawdev_port_stp_ops = {
 	.init = port_stp_init,
 	.uinit = port_stp_uinit,
 };
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static void port_uint_uinit(struct feature *feature)
 	dev_info(NULL, "PORT UINT UInit.\n");
 }
 
-struct feature_ops port_uint_ops = {
+struct feature_ops ifpga_rawdev_port_uint_ops = {
 	.init = port_uint_init,
 	.uinit = port_uint_uinit,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_port_error.c b/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_port_error.c
index 23db562b8..9dd1cf590 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_port_error.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ifpga_rawdev/base/ifpga_port_error.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int port_error_set_prop(struct feature *feature,
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-struct feature_ops port_error_ops = {
+struct feature_ops ifpga_rawdev_port_error_ops = {
 	.init = port_error_init,
 	.uinit = port_error_uinit,
 	.get_prop = port_error_get_prop,
diff --git a/drivers/raw/skeleton_rawdev/skeleton_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/skeleton_rawdev/skeleton_rawdev.c
index 6518a2d9a..d7630fc69 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/skeleton_rawdev/skeleton_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/skeleton_rawdev/skeleton_rawdev.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 int skeleton_pmd_logtype;
 
 /* Count of instances */
-uint16_t skeldev_init_once;
+static uint16_t skeldev_init_once;
 
 /**< Rawdev Skeleton dummy driver name */
 #define SKELETON_PMD_RAWDEV_NAME rawdev_skeleton
diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.c b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.c
index 9091dd6ee..10101ebbe 100644
--- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.c
@@ -18,19 +18,15 @@
 #define RTE_COMPRESSDEV_DETACHED  (0)
 #define RTE_COMPRESSDEV_ATTACHED  (1)
 
-struct rte_compressdev rte_comp_devices[RTE_COMPRESS_MAX_DEVS];
-
-struct rte_compressdev *rte_compressdevs = &rte_comp_devices[0];
+static struct rte_compressdev rte_comp_devices[RTE_COMPRESS_MAX_DEVS];
 
 static struct rte_compressdev_global compressdev_globals = {
-		.devs			= &rte_comp_devices[0],
+		.devs			= rte_comp_devices,
 		.data			= { NULL },
 		.nb_devs		= 0,
 		.max_devs		= RTE_COMPRESS_MAX_DEVS
 };
 
-struct rte_compressdev_global *rte_compressdev_globals = &compressdev_globals;
-
 const struct rte_compressdev_capabilities * __rte_experimental
 rte_compressdev_capability_get(uint8_t dev_id,
 			enum rte_comp_algorithm algo)
@@ -78,7 +74,7 @@ rte_compressdev_get_feature_name(uint64_t flag)
 static struct rte_compressdev *
 rte_compressdev_get_dev(uint8_t dev_id)
 {
-	return &rte_compressdev_globals->devs[dev_id];
+	return &compressdev_globals.devs[dev_id];
 }
 
 struct rte_compressdev * __rte_experimental
@@ -90,8 +86,8 @@ rte_compressdev_pmd_get_named_dev(const char *name)
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < rte_compressdev_globals->max_devs; i++) {
-		dev = &rte_compressdev_globals->devs[i];
+	for (i = 0; i < compressdev_globals.max_devs; i++) {
+		dev = &compressdev_globals.devs[i];
 
 		if ((dev->attached == RTE_COMPRESSDEV_ATTACHED) &&
 				(strcmp(dev->data->name, name) == 0))
@@ -106,7 +102,7 @@ rte_compressdev_is_valid_dev(uint8_t dev_id)
 {
 	struct rte_compressdev *dev = NULL;
 
-	if (dev_id >= rte_compressdev_globals->nb_devs)
+	if (dev_id >= compressdev_globals.nb_devs)
 		return 0;
 
 	dev = rte_compressdev_get_dev(dev_id);
@@ -125,10 +121,10 @@ rte_compressdev_get_dev_id(const char *name)
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < rte_compressdev_globals->nb_devs; i++)
-		if ((strcmp(rte_compressdev_globals->devs[i].data->name, name)
+	for (i = 0; i < compressdev_globals.nb_devs; i++)
+		if ((strcmp(compressdev_globals.devs[i].data->name, name)
 				== 0) &&
-				(rte_compressdev_globals->devs[i].attached ==
+				(compressdev_globals.devs[i].attached ==
 						RTE_COMPRESSDEV_ATTACHED))
 			return i;
 
@@ -138,7 +134,7 @@ rte_compressdev_get_dev_id(const char *name)
 uint8_t __rte_experimental
 rte_compressdev_count(void)
 {
-	return rte_compressdev_globals->nb_devs;
+	return compressdev_globals.nb_devs;
 }
 
 uint8_t __rte_experimental
@@ -146,8 +142,8 @@ rte_compressdev_devices_get(const char *driver_name, uint8_t *devices,
 	uint8_t nb_devices)
 {
 	uint8_t i, count = 0;
-	struct rte_compressdev *devs = rte_compressdev_globals->devs;
-	uint8_t max_devs = rte_compressdev_globals->max_devs;
+	struct rte_compressdev *devs = compressdev_globals.devs;
+	uint8_t max_devs = compressdev_globals.max_devs;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < max_devs && count < nb_devices;	i++) {
 
@@ -578,7 +574,7 @@ uint16_t __rte_experimental
 rte_compressdev_dequeue_burst(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
 		struct rte_comp_op **ops, uint16_t nb_ops)
 {
-	struct rte_compressdev *dev = &rte_compressdevs[dev_id];
+	struct rte_compressdev *dev = &rte_comp_devices[dev_id];
 
 	nb_ops = (*dev->dequeue_burst)
 			(dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id], ops, nb_ops);
@@ -590,7 +586,7 @@ uint16_t __rte_experimental
 rte_compressdev_enqueue_burst(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
 		struct rte_comp_op **ops, uint16_t nb_ops)
 {
-	struct rte_compressdev *dev = &rte_compressdevs[dev_id];
+	struct rte_compressdev *dev = &rte_comp_devices[dev_id];
 
 	return (*dev->enqueue_burst)(
 			dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id], ops, nb_ops);
diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_pmd.h b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_pmd.h
index 38e9ea02b..043353c99 100644
--- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_pmd.h
+++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_pmd.h
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ struct rte_compressdev_global {
 	uint8_t max_devs;		/**< Max number of devices */
 };
 
-/** Pointer to global array of comp devices */
-extern struct rte_compressdev *rte_compressdevs;
-/** Pointer to global comp devices data structure */
-extern struct rte_compressdev_global *rte_compressdev_globals;
-
 /**
  * Get the rte_compressdev structure device pointer for the named device.
  *
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
index 63ae23f00..6c3c2a9cd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
@@ -43,19 +43,17 @@
 
 static uint8_t nb_drivers;
 
-struct rte_cryptodev rte_crypto_devices[RTE_CRYPTO_MAX_DEVS];
+static struct rte_cryptodev rte_crypto_devices[RTE_CRYPTO_MAX_DEVS];
 
-struct rte_cryptodev *rte_cryptodevs = &rte_crypto_devices[0];
+struct rte_cryptodev *rte_cryptodevs = rte_crypto_devices;
 
 static struct rte_cryptodev_global cryptodev_globals = {
-		.devs			= &rte_crypto_devices[0],
+		.devs			= rte_crypto_devices,
 		.data			= { NULL },
 		.nb_devs		= 0,
 		.max_devs		= RTE_CRYPTO_MAX_DEVS
 };
 
-struct rte_cryptodev_global *rte_cryptodev_globals = &cryptodev_globals;
-
 /* spinlock for crypto device callbacks */
 static rte_spinlock_t rte_cryptodev_cb_lock = RTE_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER;
 
@@ -486,7 +484,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_get_feature_name(uint64_t flag)
 struct rte_cryptodev *
 rte_cryptodev_pmd_get_dev(uint8_t dev_id)
 {
-	return &rte_cryptodev_globals->devs[dev_id];
+	return &cryptodev_globals.devs[dev_id];
 }
 
 struct rte_cryptodev *
@@ -498,8 +496,8 @@ rte_cryptodev_pmd_get_named_dev(const char *name)
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < rte_cryptodev_globals->max_devs; i++) {
-		dev = &rte_cryptodev_globals->devs[i];
+	for (i = 0; i < cryptodev_globals.max_devs; i++) {
+		dev = &cryptodev_globals.devs[i];
 
 		if ((dev->attached == RTE_CRYPTODEV_ATTACHED) &&
 				(strcmp(dev->data->name, name) == 0))
@@ -514,7 +512,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_pmd_is_valid_dev(uint8_t dev_id)
 {
 	struct rte_cryptodev *dev = NULL;
 
-	if (dev_id >= rte_cryptodev_globals->nb_devs)
+	if (dev_id >= cryptodev_globals.nb_devs)
 		return 0;
 
 	dev = rte_cryptodev_pmd_get_dev(dev_id);
@@ -533,10 +531,10 @@ rte_cryptodev_get_dev_id(const char *name)
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < rte_cryptodev_globals->nb_devs; i++)
-		if ((strcmp(rte_cryptodev_globals->devs[i].data->name, name)
+	for (i = 0; i < cryptodev_globals.nb_devs; i++)
+		if ((strcmp(cryptodev_globals.devs[i].data->name, name)
 				== 0) &&
-				(rte_cryptodev_globals->devs[i].attached ==
+				(cryptodev_globals.devs[i].attached ==
 						RTE_CRYPTODEV_ATTACHED))
 			return i;
 
@@ -546,7 +544,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_get_dev_id(const char *name)
 uint8_t
 rte_cryptodev_count(void)
 {
-	return rte_cryptodev_globals->nb_devs;
+	return cryptodev_globals.nb_devs;
 }
 
 uint8_t
@@ -554,9 +552,9 @@ rte_cryptodev_device_count_by_driver(uint8_t driver_id)
 {
 	uint8_t i, dev_count = 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < rte_cryptodev_globals->max_devs; i++)
-		if (rte_cryptodev_globals->devs[i].driver_id == driver_id &&
-			rte_cryptodev_globals->devs[i].attached ==
+	for (i = 0; i < cryptodev_globals.max_devs; i++)
+		if (cryptodev_globals.devs[i].driver_id == driver_id &&
+			cryptodev_globals.devs[i].attached ==
 					RTE_CRYPTODEV_ATTACHED)
 			dev_count++;
 
@@ -568,8 +566,8 @@ rte_cryptodev_devices_get(const char *driver_name, uint8_t *devices,
 	uint8_t nb_devices)
 {
 	uint8_t i, count = 0;
-	struct rte_cryptodev *devs = rte_cryptodev_globals->devs;
-	uint8_t max_devs = rte_cryptodev_globals->max_devs;
+	struct rte_cryptodev *devs = cryptodev_globals.devs;
+	uint8_t max_devs = cryptodev_globals.max_devs;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < max_devs && count < nb_devices;	i++) {
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev_pmd.h b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev_pmd.h
index 6ff49d64d..1b6cafd17 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev_pmd.h
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev_pmd.h
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ struct cryptodev_driver {
 	uint8_t id;
 };
 
-/** pointer to global crypto devices data structure. */
-extern struct rte_cryptodev_global *rte_cryptodev_globals;
-
 /**
  * Get the rte_cryptodev structure device pointer for the device. Assumes a
  * valid device index.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c
index 0943851cc..c1334b9a2 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 
-struct rte_bus_list rte_bus_list =
+static struct rte_bus_list rte_bus_list =
 	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rte_bus_list);
 
 void
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_class.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_class.c
index 404a9065a..d922266d0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_class.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_class.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <rte_class.h>
 #include <rte_debug.h>
 
-struct rte_class_list rte_class_list =
+static struct rte_class_list rte_class_list =
 	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rte_class_list);
 
 __rte_experimental void
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
index 88afece10..020444de2 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 TAILQ_HEAD(rte_devargs_list, rte_devargs);
 
 /** Global list of user devices */
-struct rte_devargs_list devargs_list =
+static struct rte_devargs_list devargs_list =
 	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(devargs_list);
 
 int
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c
index b2e2a9599..4dc98d2c7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memalloc.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const int anonymous_hugepages_supported =
  * and/or memfd with hugetlbfs, so we need to be able to adjust this flag at
  * runtime, and fall back to anonymous memory.
  */
-int memfd_create_supported =
+static int memfd_create_supported =
 #ifdef MFD_HUGETLB
 #define MEMFD_SUPPORTED
 		1;
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_class_eth.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_class_eth.c
index b6557db97..89a2d1a19 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_class_eth.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_class_eth.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ eth_dev_iterate(const void *start,
 	return edev;
 }
 
-struct rte_class rte_class_eth = {
+static struct rte_class rte_class_eth = {
 	.dev_iterate = eth_dev_iterate,
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
index ef99f7068..5d67a5eb2 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -4201,7 +4201,7 @@ enum rte_eth_switch_domain_state {
  * RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS elements as there cannot be more active switch domains than
  * ethdev ports in a single process.
  */
-struct rte_eth_dev_switch {
+static struct rte_eth_dev_switch {
 	enum rte_eth_switch_domain_state state;
 } rte_eth_switch_domains[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c
index 870ac8c3b..71d008cd1 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c
@@ -1125,7 +1125,6 @@ rxa_poll(struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter *rx_adapter)
 	wrr_pos = rx_adapter->wrr_pos;
 	max_nb_rx = rx_adapter->max_nb_rx;
 	buf = &rx_adapter->event_enqueue_buffer;
-	stats = &rx_adapter->stats;
 
 	/* Iterate through a WRR sequence */
 	for (num_queue = 0; num_queue < rx_adapter->wrr_len; num_queue++) {
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c
index 32c53199b..ebaf3087d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev.c
@@ -35,22 +35,20 @@
 #include "rte_eventdev.h"
 #include "rte_eventdev_pmd.h"
 
-struct rte_eventdev rte_event_devices[RTE_EVENT_MAX_DEVS];
+static struct rte_eventdev rte_event_devices[RTE_EVENT_MAX_DEVS];
 
-struct rte_eventdev *rte_eventdevs = &rte_event_devices[0];
+struct rte_eventdev *rte_eventdevs = rte_event_devices;
 
 static struct rte_eventdev_global eventdev_globals = {
 	.nb_devs		= 0
 };
 
-struct rte_eventdev_global *rte_eventdev_globals = &eventdev_globals;
-
 /* Event dev north bound API implementation */
 
 uint8_t
 rte_event_dev_count(void)
 {
-	return rte_eventdev_globals->nb_devs;
+	return eventdev_globals.nb_devs;
 }
 
 int
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ rte_event_dev_get_dev_id(const char *name)
 	if (!name)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < rte_eventdev_globals->nb_devs; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < eventdev_globals.nb_devs; i++) {
 		cmp = (strncmp(rte_event_devices[i].data->name, name,
 				RTE_EVENTDEV_NAME_MAX_LEN) == 0) ||
 			(rte_event_devices[i].dev ? (strncmp(
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd.h b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd.h
index 792fb3a23..aa6e52c63 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_pmd.h
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ typedef int (*eventdev_eth_rx_adapter_caps_get_t)
 					const struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 					uint32_t *caps);
 
-struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf *queue_conf;
+struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf;
 
 /**
  * Retrieve the event device's timer adapter capabilities, as well as the ops
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ typedef int (*eventdev_eth_rx_adapter_stop_t)
 					(const struct rte_eventdev *dev,
 					const struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
 
-struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats *stats;
+struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats;
 
 /**
  * Retrieve ethernet Rx adapter statistics.
diff --git a/lib/librte_net/net_crc_sse.h b/lib/librte_net/net_crc_sse.h
index da8152437..1c7b7a548 100644
--- a/lib/librte_net/net_crc_sse.h
+++ b/lib/librte_net/net_crc_sse.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ struct crc_pclmulqdq_ctx {
 	__m128i rk7_rk8;
 };
 
-struct crc_pclmulqdq_ctx crc32_eth_pclmulqdq __rte_aligned(16);
-struct crc_pclmulqdq_ctx crc16_ccitt_pclmulqdq __rte_aligned(16);
+static struct crc_pclmulqdq_ctx crc32_eth_pclmulqdq __rte_aligned(16);
+static struct crc_pclmulqdq_ctx crc16_ccitt_pclmulqdq __rte_aligned(16);
 /**
  * @brief Performs one folding round
  *
diff --git a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
index 62b6b97ef..9f1e3592d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_rawdev/rte_rawdev.c
@@ -35,21 +35,19 @@
 /* dynamic log identifier */
 int librawdev_logtype;
 
-struct rte_rawdev rte_rawdevices[RTE_RAWDEV_MAX_DEVS];
+static struct rte_rawdev rte_rawdevices[RTE_RAWDEV_MAX_DEVS];
 
-struct rte_rawdev *rte_rawdevs = &rte_rawdevices[0];
+struct rte_rawdev *rte_rawdevs = rte_rawdevices;
 
 static struct rte_rawdev_global rawdev_globals = {
 	.nb_devs		= 0
 };
 
-struct rte_rawdev_global *rte_rawdev_globals = &rawdev_globals;
-
 /* Raw device, northbound API implementation */
 uint8_t
 rte_rawdev_count(void)
 {
-	return rte_rawdev_globals->nb_devs;
+	return rawdev_globals.nb_devs;
 }
 
 uint16_t
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ rte_rawdev_get_dev_id(const char *name)
 	if (!name)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < rte_rawdev_globals->nb_devs; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < rawdev_globals.nb_devs; i++)
 		if ((strcmp(rte_rawdevices[i].name, name)
 				== 0) &&
 				(rte_rawdevices[i].attached ==
