Re: (subset) [PATCH] modpost: Declare extra_warn with unused attribute

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:20:30 -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> A recent strengthening of -Wunused-but-set-variable (enabled with -Wall)
> in clang under a new subwarning, -Wunused-but-set-global, points out an
> unused static global variable in scripts/mod/modpost.c:
> 
>   scripts/mod/modpost.c:59:13: error: variable 'extra_warn' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-global]
>      59 | static bool extra_warn;
>         |             ^
> 
> [...]

Applied to

  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux.git kbuild-fixes

Thanks!

[1/1] modpost: Declare extra_warn with unused attribute
      https://git.kernel.org/kbuild/c/deb4605671cfa

Please look out for regression or issue reports or other follow up
comments, as they may result in the patch/series getting dropped or
reverted. Patches applied to an "unstable" branch are accepted pending
wider testing in -next and any post-commit review; they will generally
be moved to the main branch in a week if no issues are found.

Best regards,
-- 
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>