Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250_dw: Mark acpi match table as maybe unused

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Sep 30 2021 - 11:24:01 EST


On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 09:49:50PM +0900, Daniel Palmer wrote:
> When building kernels without ACPI support the table is declared
> but is not used because ACPI_PTR() turns it into a NULL.

Okay.

> Add the __maybe_unused attribute to stop the compiler whining.

And incorrect fix. See my patches regarding to the topic
(`git log --grep ACPI_PTR`) and do accordingly, i.e. drop
ACPI_PTR() for good.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko