Re: [PATCH] xfs: fix compilation warnings in xfs_sync_sb_buf when CONFIG_XFS_RT=n

From: Carlos Maiolino

Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 04:56:17 EST


On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 12:28:41PM +0800, Yun Zhou wrote:
> When CONFIG_XFS_RT is disabled, xfs_log_rtsb() is a macro expanding to
> (NULL), causing 'statement with no effect' and 'variable set but not
> used' warnings.
>
> Fix by removing the bp variable and passing xfs_trans_getsb(tp) directly
> to xfs_log_rtsb(). This is safe because xfs_log_sb() already joins the
> sb buffer to the transaction internally.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202607212237.Pzw1sr5k-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: b9ad0b9891dd ("xfs: don't hold buffer locks across sync transaction commit in xfs_sync_sb_buf")
> Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

We don't need a fix for a patch that is still in linux-next... Merge it
against your original patch and re-send it. I'll just replace the old
patch


> ---
> fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
> index fbb4505b1e9e..c4fa7fb0e39a 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
> @@ -1470,17 +1470,15 @@ xfs_sync_sb_buf(
> bool update_rtsb)
> {
> struct xfs_trans *tp;
> - struct xfs_buf *bp;
> int error;
>
> error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_sb, 0, 0, 0, &tp);
> if (error)
> return error;
>
> - bp = xfs_trans_getsb(tp);
> xfs_log_sb(tp);
> if (update_rtsb)
> - xfs_log_rtsb(tp, bp);
> + (void)xfs_log_rtsb(tp, xfs_trans_getsb(tp));
> xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
> error = xfs_trans_commit(tp);
> if (error)
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>