linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Mark inline functions as __maybe

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Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:04:34 +0000
From:	Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>
To:	Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"Christopher Li" <sparse@...isli.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Mark inline functions as __maybe_unused

Behan Webster <behanw@...verseincode.com> writes:

> clang warns if inline functions aren't used. By making them __maybe_unused
> there is no warning for either gcc nor clang.

Are you sure about that?  I've never seen such behaviour from clang (or
any other compiler), and it would truly be idiotic.  If clang has taken
to warning about unused inline functions, that's a regression that needs
to be addressed in clang, not the kernel.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mans@...sr.com
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