Re: [PATCH] perf_events: sysctl: Avoid unused one_thousand definition

[Luis Chamberlain]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 11:40:19AM -0800, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The variable "one_thousand" is only used under CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y, but
> is unconditionally defined.  This can fire a warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> 
> I went with an #ifdef instead of a __maybe_unused because that's what
> the other code is using, and I left the one_thousand in order despite
> that requiring another #ifdef.
> ---
>  kernel/sysctl.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> index ef77be575d87..81a6f2d47f77 100644
> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ static unsigned long one_ul = 1;
>  static unsigned long long_max = LONG_MAX;
>  static int one_hundred = 100;
>  static int two_hundred = 200;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
>  static int one_thousand = 1000;
> +#endif

Please use linux-next, this has changed quite a bit there.
You can git grep for SYSCTL_ONE_THOUSAND.

  Luis