Re: [PATCH] fbmem: Correct position of '__maybe_unused' in proc_fb_seq_ops

[Guenter Roeck]

On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 11:28:08AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Clang warns:
> 
>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:736:21: warning: attribute
>  declaration must precede definition [-Wignored-attributes]
>  static const struct __maybe_unused seq_operations proc_fb_seq_ops = {
>                      ^
>  ./include/linux/compiler_attributes.h:273:56: note: expanded from macro
>  '__maybe_unused'
>  #define __maybe_unused                  __attribute__((__unused__))
>                                                         ^
>  ./include/linux/seq_file.h:31:8: note: previous definition is here
>  struct seq_operations {
>         ^
>  1 warning generated.
> 
> The attribute should not split the type 'struct seq_operations'. Move it
> before the struct keyword so that it works properly and there is no more
> warning.
> 

Oops, sorry.

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Guenter

> Fixes: b9d79e4ca4ff ("fbmem: Mark proc_fb_seq_ops as __maybe_unused")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1371
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> index 52c606c0f8a2..84c484f37b4a 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static int fb_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static const struct __maybe_unused seq_operations proc_fb_seq_ops = {
> +static const __maybe_unused struct seq_operations proc_fb_seq_ops = {
>  	.start	= fb_seq_start,
>  	.next	= fb_seq_next,
>  	.stop	= fb_seq_stop,
> 
> base-commit: b9d79e4ca4ff23543d6b33c736ba07c1f0a9dcb1
> -- 
> 2.31.1.362.g311531c9de
>