Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] powerpc/ps3: Drop redundant result assignment

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 18/03/2026 12:51, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 02:08:24PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> Return value of ps3_start_probe_thread() is not used, so code can be
>> simplified to fix W=1 clang warnings:
>>
>>   arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c:953:6: error: variable 'result' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> 
> And this is exactly why -Werror is harmful.  A boring harmless warning
> turned into a build break :-(

-Werror does not matter here. We do not want warnings either, assuming
of course they are correct.

So if this warning is correct, then patch should be applied and WERROR
is irrelevant.

Best regards,
Krzysztof