linux-kernel - Re: compile time warnings

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Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 2009 03:07:38 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Tom Spink <tspink@...il.com>
cc:	Ingo Brueckl <ib@...peronline.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: compile time warnings

On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Tom Spink wrote:

> 2009/1/1 Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>:
> > On Thu, 1 Jan 2009, Ingo Brueckl wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > pgd_base is very much used...
> 
> It's probably something to do with:
> 
> # define permanent_kmaps_init(pgd_base)         do { } while (0)
> 
> Which is within the #else part of #if CONFIG_HIGHMEM.  So, if
> CONFIG_HIGHMEM is not set, permanent_kmaps_init gets wiped out, and
> therefore that warning will be issued.
> 
> Perhaps changing that to an empty inline would remove the warning?
> 
Yeah, I noticed that as well after sending the mail.
Another way to silence the warning (which I think is nicer) would be 
something like this;


Silence 'unused variable' warning in arch/x86/mm/init_32.c::pagetable_init

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 8655b5b..0affa8e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -511,9 +511,7 @@ static void __init early_ioremap_page_table_range_init(pgd_t *pgd_base)
 
 static void __init pagetable_init(void)
 {
-	pgd_t *pgd_base = swapper_pg_dir;
-
-	permanent_kmaps_init(pgd_base);
+	permanent_kmaps_init((pgd_t *)swapper_pg_dir);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP
 

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