Re: [PATCH 35/36] tty: synclink: Mark disposable variables as __always_unused

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Thu Nov 05 2020 - 03:35:41 EST


On 04. 11. 20, 20:35, Lee Jones wrote:
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):

drivers/tty/synclink.c: In function ‘usc_reset’:
drivers/tty/synclink.c:5571:6: warning: variable ‘readval’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
drivers/tty/synclink.c: In function ‘mgsl_load_pci_memory’:
drivers/tty/synclink.c:7267:16: warning: variable ‘Dummy’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: paulkf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/synclink.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/synclink.c b/drivers/tty/synclink.c
index c8324d58ef564..8ed64b1e7c378 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/synclink.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/synclink.c
@@ -5568,7 +5568,7 @@ static void usc_load_txfifo( struct mgsl_struct *info )
static void usc_reset( struct mgsl_struct *info )
{
int i;
- u32 readval;
+ u32 __always_unused readval;

The same as in synclinkmp.

/* Set BIT30 of Misc Control Register */
/* (Local Control Register 0x50) to force reset of USC. */
@@ -7264,7 +7264,7 @@ static void mgsl_load_pci_memory( char* TargetPtr, const char* SourcePtr,
unsigned short Intervalcount = count / PCI_LOAD_INTERVAL;
unsigned short Index;
- unsigned long Dummy;
+ unsigned long __always_unused Dummy;

You can kill it completely.

for ( Index = 0 ; Index < Intervalcount ; Index++ )
{


thanks,
--
js
suse labs