Re: [PATCH] hwmon: dell-smm-hwmon: remove unused variable warning

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Mon Sep 20 2021 - 10:19:25 EST


On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 03:14:40PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 2:31 PM Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Monday 20 September 2021 14:14:16 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > When procfs is disabled
> >
> > ... then the i8k_init_procfs function should not be called as the
> > purpose of I8K code / config option is to export functionality over
> > procfs. So when procfs is disabled then this i8k is noop.
> >
> > Patch which do not allow compilation of I8K when procfs is not enabled
> > is pending here:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hwmon/20210910071921.16777-1-rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > Ideally please test or review it. As you are not the first one who
> > spotted -Werror problems with i8k and tried to workaround it.
>
> Ok, I'm now using that version in my randconfig tree, it looks sensible
> and it addresses another problem. I'll let you know if something else
> comes up with that patch applied, but I'm sure it fixes the issue
> I reported. Feel free to add
>
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> to Randy's patch if you like.
>
You'd have to reply to the patch. This is in x86 world and I can not apply
it, or at least not without Ack from an x86 maintainer. They went ballistic
on me once for doing that, and I won't do it again.

Guenter