Re: [PATCH] sched: remove unused cpumask variable in mm_cid_get()
From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Tue Oct 14 2025 - 06:13:26 EST
On 10/14/25 11:56, Breno Leitao wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2025 at 07:48:18PM +0000, Kriish Sharma wrote:
>> The variable 'cpumask' in mm_cid_get() was assigned but never used,
>> causing the following build error with -Werror:
>>
>> kernel/sched/sched.h: In function ‘mm_cid_get’:
>> kernel/sched/sched.h:3743:25: error: variable ‘cpumask’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable]
>> 3743 | struct cpumask *cpumask;
>> | ^~~~~~~
>
> Thanks for the fix. I am hitting the same issue in my builds.
Let me add why this years old small issue became much more problematic in
6.18-rc1. When I want to test my own files I'm developing on with e.g. "make
W=1 mm/slub.o", the W=1 hits earlier in:
CC kernel/sched/rq-offsets.s
In file included from kernel/sched/rq-offsets.c:5:
kernel/sched/sched.h:3718:18: error: variable 'cpumask' set but not used
[-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-variable]
3718 | struct cpumask *cpumask;
| ^
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:182: kernel/sched/rq-offsets.s] Error 1
So I can't get to the part where I test-compile my own code with W=1. So
fixing this ASAP in 6.18 would be appreciated, thanks!
FWIW I've bisected this to commit
378b7708194f ("sched: Make migrate_{en,dis}able() inline")
>> Removing the unused variable allows the kernel to compile without errors.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kriish Sharma <kriish.sharma2006@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>