Re: [PATCH -next] x86: Fix unused variable 'hi'

[Ingo Molnar]

* Xu Yihang <xuyihang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
> arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c:58:15: warning: variable ‘hi’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> 
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Xu Yihang <xuyihang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c
> index 284e73661a18..c0b0a5774f31 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c
> @@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ static void hv_apic_icr_write(u32 low, u32 id)
>  
>  static u32 hv_apic_read(u32 reg)
>  {
> -	u32 reg_val, hi;
> +	u32 hi __maybe_unused;
> +	u32 reg_val;
>  
>  	switch (reg) {
>  	case APIC_EOI:

Why and under what config does this function trigger the warning?

Thanks,

	Ingo