Re: [PATCH -next] driver core: Remove set but not used variable 'no_warn'

[kernel test robot]

Hi Baokun,

Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve:

[auto build test WARNING on next-20210526]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Baokun-Li/driver-core-Remove-set-but-not-used-variable-no_warn/20210527-170758
base:    f6b46ef27317b3441138b902689bd89e4f82c6f4
config: um-x86_64_defconfig (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/c41d30a4b7791bb76211dd1ddb7b467d555ad596
        git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux
        git fetch --no-tags linux-review Baokun-Li/driver-core-Remove-set-but-not-used-variable-no_warn/20210527-170758
        git checkout c41d30a4b7791bb76211dd1ddb7b467d555ad596
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make W=1 ARCH=um SUBARCH=x86_64

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   drivers/base/module.c: In function 'module_add_driver':
>> drivers/base/module.c:61:2: warning: ignoring return value of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
      61 |  sysfs_create_link(&drv->p->kobj, &mk->kobj, "module");
         |  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   drivers/base/module.c:65:3: warning: ignoring return value of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
      65 |   sysfs_create_link(mk->drivers_dir, &drv->p->kobj,
         |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      66 |       driver_name);
         |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~


vim +/sysfs_create_link +61 drivers/base/module.c

    32	
    33	void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
    34	{
    35		char *driver_name;
    36		struct module_kobject *mk = NULL;
    37	
    38		if (!drv)
    39			return;
    40	
    41		if (mod)
    42			mk = &mod->mkobj;
    43		else if (drv->mod_name) {
    44			struct kobject *mkobj;
    45	
    46			/* Lookup built-in module entry in /sys/modules */
    47			mkobj = kset_find_obj(module_kset, drv->mod_name);
    48			if (mkobj) {
    49				mk = container_of(mkobj, struct module_kobject, kobj);
    50				/* remember our module structure */
    51				drv->p->mkobj = mk;
    52				/* kset_find_obj took a reference */
    53				kobject_put(mkobj);
    54			}
    55		}
    56	
    57		if (!mk)
    58			return;
    59	
    60		/* Don't check return codes; these calls are idempotent */
  > 61		sysfs_create_link(&drv->p->kobj, &mk->kobj, "module");
    62		driver_name = make_driver_name(drv);
    63		if (driver_name) {
    64			module_create_drivers_dir(mk);
    65			sysfs_create_link(mk->drivers_dir, &drv->p->kobj,
    66					  driver_name);
    67			kfree(driver_name);
    68		}
    69	}
    70	

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