Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: enforce -Werror=unused-result

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 2:07 AM Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Am Fri, 26 Mar 2021 01:55:41 +0900
> schrieb Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>:
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> > What about  drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_etop.c  ?
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> Nothing complained about it. I guess there is a build-bot for alpha, but none for mips.
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> > I got a lot of complaints in the last trial.
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> Why did you get complains, instead of me?
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> What is the "must" in "__must_check" worth if it is not enforced...
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> Olaf


In hindsight, __must_check may not be a perfect name.

Miguel suggested __nodiscard to get along with:
https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/language/attributes/nodiscard

It is not enforcing. Just a compiler warning.


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada