linux-kernel - Re: [patch] compiler, clang: suppress warning for unused static inline functions

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Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 10:49:21 -0700
From:   Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [patch] compiler, clang: suppress warning for unused static
 inline functions

Hi Joe,

El Thu, May 25, 2017 at 09:48:53AM -0700 Joe Perches ha dit:

> On Thu, 2017-05-25 at 09:14 -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> > clang doesn't raise
> > warnings about unused static inline functions in headers.
> 
> Is any "#include" file a "header" to clang or only "*.h" files?
> 
> For instance:
> 
> The kernel has ~500 .c files that other .c files #include.
> Are unused inline functions in those .c files reported?

Any "#include" file is a "header" to clang, no warnings are generated
for unused inline functions in included .c files.