Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] sunrpc: fix unused variable warnings by using no_printk

From: Chuck Lever

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 11:06:27 EST




On Fri, Feb 27, 2026, at 10:26 AM, Sean Chang wrote:
> When CONFIG_SUNRPC_DEBUG is disabled, the dfprintk() macros currently
> expand to empty do-while loops. This causes variables used solely
> within these calls to appear unused, triggering -Wunused-variable
> warnings.
>
> Instead of marking every affected variable with __maybe_unused,
> update the dfprintk and dfprintk_rcu stubs to use no_printk().
> This allows the compiler to see the variables and perform type
> checking without emitting any code, thus silencing the warnings
> globally for these macros.
>
> Suggested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Chang <seanwascoding@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/sunrpc/debug.h | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/debug.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/debug.h
> index eb4bd62df319..55c54df8bc7d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sunrpc/debug.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/debug.h
> @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ do { \
> # define RPC_IFDEBUG(x) x
> #else
> # define ifdebug(fac) if (0)
> -# define dfprintk(fac, fmt, ...) do {} while (0)
> -# define dfprintk_rcu(fac, fmt, ...) do {} while (0)
> +# define dfprintk(fac, fmt, ...) no_printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> +# define dfprintk_rcu(fac, fmt, ...) no_printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> # define RPC_IFDEBUG(x)
> #endif
>
> --
> 2.34.1

Seems obviously good to me.

Reviewed-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>


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