Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] lockdep: Mark chain_hlock_class_idx() with __maybe_unused

From: Boqun Feng
Date: Sun Dec 15 2024 - 14:55:23 EST


Hi Andy,

On Mon, Dec 09, 2024 at 07:08:10PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> When chain_hlock_class_idx() is unused, it prevents kernel builds with clang,
> `make W=1` and CONFIG_WERROR=y:
>
> kernel/locking/lockdep.c:435:28: error: unused function 'chain_hlock_class_idx' [-Werror,-Wunused-function]
>
> Fix this by marking it with __maybe_unused.
>
> See also commit 6863f5643dd7 ("kbuild: allow Clang to find unused static
> inline functions for W=1 build").
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This looks fine to me, so I'm going to queue it, but could you do me
favor if you could share the exact configs that would make
chain_hlock_class_idx() an unused fuction in kernel/locking/lockdep.c ?

I might add these information in commit log.

Thanks!

Regards,
Boqun

> ---
> kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> index bb65abfcfa71..29acd238dad7 100644
> --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ static inline u16 hlock_id(struct held_lock *hlock)
> return (hlock->class_idx | (hlock->read << MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS_BITS));
> }
>
> -static inline unsigned int chain_hlock_class_idx(u16 hlock_id)
> +static inline __maybe_unused unsigned int chain_hlock_class_idx(u16 hlock_id)
> {
> return hlock_id & (MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS - 1);
> }
> --
> 2.43.0.rc1.1336.g36b5255a03ac
>