linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/

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Date:	Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:21:02 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/

> > index 905d1f5..2009dc9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/char/synclink.c
> > +++ b/drivers/char/synclink.c
> > @@ -897,7 +897,9 @@ static char *driver_version = "$Revision: 4.38 $";
> >  
> >  static int synclink_init_one (struct pci_dev *dev,
> >  				     const struct pci_device_id *ent);
> > +#if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
> >  static void synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev);
> > +#endif
> >  
> >  static struct pci_device_id synclink_pci_tbl[] = {
> >  	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_MICROGATE, PCI_DEVICE_ID_MICROGATE_USC, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, },
> > @@ -8166,7 +8168,8 @@ static int __devinit synclink_init_one (struct pci_dev *dev,
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > +#if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
> >  static void __devexit synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev)
> >  {
> >  }
> > -
> > +#endif
> 
> This function is properly annotated and __devexit_p() is used
> so it should not generate a warning.
> 
> The root casue is that __devexit is defined to nothing in the
> #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG case - it should have been defined as
> #define __devexit __used
> if MODULE was not defined.
> 
> This is the better fix for these kind of warnings.
> For the latter I have fixed this in kbuild.git.
> So we are only left with the DEVICE_MOD_TABLE issue.

Looking a bit closer the above is rubbish.
We have:
#if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
#define __devexit_p(x) x
#else
#define __devexit_p(x) NULL

so the pointer to the function is used in
both cases.

Could you drop me the config that produces the warning
and the warning message.

Thanks,
	Sam
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