Re: [PATCH] printk/console: Check consistent sequence number when handling race in console_unlock()

From: John Ogness
Date: Tue Jun 29 2021 - 16:54:05 EST


On 2021-06-30, kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> kernel/printk/printk.c:2548:6: warning: variable 'next_seq' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]

I suppose the correct fix for this warning would be to change the NOP
macros. Currently they are:

#define prb_read_valid(rb, seq, r) false
#define prb_first_valid_seq(rb) 0

They should probably be something like (untested):

#define prb_read_valid(rb, seq, r) \
({ \
(void)(rb); \
(void)(seq); \
(void)(r); \
false; \
})

#define prb_first_valid_seq(rb) \
({ \
(void)(rb); \
0; \
})

John Ogness