Re: [PATCH] asm-generic: fix variable 'p4d' set but not used

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Tue Aug 06 2019 - 06:45:20 EST


On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 03:41:22PM -0400, Qian Cai wrote:
> GCC throws a warning on an arm64 system since the commit 9849a5697d3d
> ("arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h"),
>
> mm/kasan/init.c: In function 'kasan_free_p4d':
> mm/kasan/init.c:344:9: warning: variable 'p4d' set but not used
> [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> p4d_t *p4d;
> ^~~
>
> because p4d_none() in "5level-fixup.h" is compiled away while it is a
> static inline function in "pgtable-nopud.h". However, if converted
> p4d_none() to a static inline there, powerpc would be unhappy as it
> reads those in assembler language in
> "arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h",
>
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h: Assembler messages:
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:20: Error: unrecognized opcode:
> `static'
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:21: Error: junk at end of line,
> first unrecognized character is `{'
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:22: Error: unrecognized opcode:
> `return'
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:23: Error: junk at end of line,
> first unrecognized character is `}'
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:25: Error: unrecognized opcode:
> `static'
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:26: Error: junk at end of line,
> first unrecognized character is `{'
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:27: Error: unrecognized opcode:
> `return'
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:28: Error: junk at end of line,
> first unrecognized character is `}'
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:30: Error: unrecognized opcode:
> `static'
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:31: Error: junk at end of line,
> first unrecognized character is `{'
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:32: Error: unrecognized opcode:
> `return'
> ./include/asm-generic/5level-fixup.h:33: Error: junk at end of line,
> first unrecognized character is `}'
> make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:375:
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.o] Error 1
>
> Fix it by reference the variable in the macro instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kirill A. Shutemov