Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the rtc tree

From: Heiner Kallweit
Date: Thu Jul 06 2017 - 01:55:43 EST


Am 06.07.2017 um 06:24 schrieb Stephen Rothwell:
> Hi Alexandre,
>
> After merging the rtc tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) produced this warning:
>
> drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c: In function 'ds1307_get_time':
> drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c:342:26: warning: unused variable 'chip' [-Wunused-variable]
> const struct chip_desc *chip = &chips[ds1307->type];
> ^
>
> Introduced by commit
>
> 436c93db60a4 ("rtc: ds1307: factor out century bit handling")
>
Right, if RTC_DRV_DS1307 is defined but RTC_DRV_DS1307_CENTURY is not
then variable chip isn't used in ds1307_get_time.
We could fix this by simply defining variable chip only if
RTC_DRV_DS1307_CENTURY is defined.

However the current situation leaves the question why
RTC_DRV_DS1307_CENTURY isn't set in the ppc64 defconfig.
This config option should be n only temporarily if a system has
to be fixed, see description of this option.
Maybe we should set this config option to "default y" ?

Rgds, Heiner