[tip:locking/core 23/38] drivers/char/nvram.c:56:21: warning: unused variable 'nvram_mutex'

From: kernel test robot

Date: Sat Apr 11 2026 - 23:51:48 EST


tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git locking/core
head: a21c1e961de28b95099a9ca2c3774b2eee1a33bb
commit: 25500ba7e77ce9d3d9b5a1929d41a2ee2e23f6fe [23/38] locking/mutex: Remove the list_head from struct mutex
config: powerpc64-randconfig-002-20260412 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260412/202604121134.ZzyH3ZAX-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: clang version 23.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project ae825cb8cea7f3ac8e5e4096f22713845cf5e501)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260412/202604121134.ZzyH3ZAX-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

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| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202604121134.ZzyH3ZAX-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> drivers/char/nvram.c:56:21: warning: unused variable 'nvram_mutex' [-Wunused-variable]
56 | static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvram_mutex);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
1 warning generated.


vim +/nvram_mutex +56 drivers/char/nvram.c

^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 55
613655fa39ff69 Arnd Bergmann 2010-06-02 @56 static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvram_mutex);
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 57 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nvram_state_lock);
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 58 static int nvram_open_cnt; /* #times opened */
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 59 static int nvram_open_mode; /* special open modes */
d5bbb5021ce8d9 Finn Thain 2019-01-15 60 static ssize_t nvram_size;
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 61 #define NVRAM_WRITE 1 /* opened for writing (exclusive) */
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 62 #define NVRAM_EXCL 2 /* opened with O_EXCL */
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 63

:::::: The code at line 56 was first introduced by commit
:::::: 613655fa39ff6957754fa8ceb8559980920eb8ee drivers: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex

:::::: TO: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
:::::: CC: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

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