Re: [PATCH] sched: remove unused cpumask variable in mm_cid_get()

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2025 at 07:48:18PM +0000, Kriish Sharma wrote:
> The variable 'cpumask' in mm_cid_get() was assigned but never used,
> causing the following build error with -Werror:
> 
> kernel/sched/sched.h: In function ‘mm_cid_get’:
> kernel/sched/sched.h:3743:25: error: variable ‘cpumask’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable]
>  3743 |         struct cpumask *cpumask;
>       |                         ^~~~~~~
> 
> Removing the unused variable allows the kernel to compile without errors.

How come I don't see build errors myself?

Anyway, Thomas is in the process or rewriting all this, I'm not inclined
to bother with this unless the build robots actually complain.

Also, you're missing a Fixes tag or something, some commit must've
caused this.

> Signed-off-by: Kriish Sharma <kriish.sharma2006@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/sched.h | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> index 1f5d07067f60..361f9101cef9 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
> +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> @@ -3740,11 +3740,9 @@ static inline int mm_cid_get(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *t,
>  			     struct mm_struct *mm)
>  {
>  	struct mm_cid __percpu *pcpu_cid = mm->pcpu_cid;
> -	struct cpumask *cpumask;
>  	int cid;
>  
>  	lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);
> -	cpumask = mm_cidmask(mm);
>  	cid = __this_cpu_read(pcpu_cid->cid);
>  	if (mm_cid_is_valid(cid)) {
>  		mm_cid_snapshot_time(rq, mm);
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>