Re: [PATCH] drivers: modules: remove set but not used variable 'no_warn'

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jul 21 2020 - 04:53:46 EST


On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 04:41:44PM +0800, Zheng Yongjun wrote:
> Fixes gcc '-Wunused-but-set-variable' warning:
>
> drivers/base/module.c: In function 'module_add_driver':
> drivers/base/module.c:33: warning:
> variable 'no_warn' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/module.c | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/module.c b/drivers/base/module.c
> index 46ad4d636731..d1060c504c1b 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/module.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/module.c
> @@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ static void module_create_drivers_dir(struct module_kobject *mk)
> void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
> {
> char *driver_name;
> - int no_warn;
> struct module_kobject *mk = NULL;
>
> if (!drv)
> @@ -59,11 +58,11 @@ void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
> return;
>
> /* Don't check return codes; these calls are idempotent */
> - no_warn = sysfs_create_link(&drv->p->kobj, &mk->kobj, "module");
> + sysfs_create_link(&drv->p->kobj, &mk->kobj, "module");

So you fix one warning for another one? Did you test build this change?