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

From: Wei Liu
Date: Mon Mar 22 2021 - 07:03:24 EST


On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:54:26AM +0800, Xu Yihang 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]
>
> Compiled with CONFIG_HYPERV enabled:
> make allmodconfig ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-linux-gnu-
> make W=1 arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.o ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-linux-gnu-
>
> HV_X64_MSR_EOI stores on bit 31:0 and HV_X64_MSR_TPR stores in bit 7:0, which means higher 32 bits are not really used, therefore __maybe_unused added.
>
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Xu Yihang <xuyihang@xxxxxxxxxx>

I slightly modified the commit message and queued it up for hyperv-next.
Thanks.

Wei.