Re: [PATCH 35/36] tty: synclink: Mark disposable variables as __always_unused

[Lee Jones]

On Thu, 05 Nov 2020, Jiri Slaby wrote:

> On 04. 11. 20, 20:35, Lee Jones wrote:
> > Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
> > 
> >   drivers/tty/synclink.c: In function ‘usc_reset’:
> >   drivers/tty/synclink.c:5571:6: warning: variable ‘readval’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> >   drivers/tty/synclink.c: In function ‘mgsl_load_pci_memory’:
> >   drivers/tty/synclink.c:7267:16: warning: variable ‘Dummy’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> > 
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: paulkf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/tty/synclink.c | 4 ++--
> >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/tty/synclink.c b/drivers/tty/synclink.c
> > index c8324d58ef564..8ed64b1e7c378 100644
> > --- a/drivers/tty/synclink.c
> > +++ b/drivers/tty/synclink.c
> > @@ -5568,7 +5568,7 @@ static void usc_load_txfifo( struct mgsl_struct *info )
> >   static void usc_reset( struct mgsl_struct *info )
> >   {
> >   	int i;
> > -	u32 readval;
> > +	u32 __always_unused readval;
> 
> The same as in synclinkmp.
> 
> >   	/* Set BIT30 of Misc Control Register */
> >   	/* (Local Control Register 0x50) to force reset of USC. */
> > @@ -7264,7 +7264,7 @@ static void mgsl_load_pci_memory( char* TargetPtr, const char* SourcePtr,
> >   	unsigned short Intervalcount = count / PCI_LOAD_INTERVAL;
> >   	unsigned short Index;
> > -	unsigned long Dummy;
> > +	unsigned long __always_unused Dummy;
> 
> You can kill it completely.

Great.  Will fix.

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