linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf_event: fix compile error

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Message-ID: <20091202082808.GA29866@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:28:08 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf_event: fix compile error


* Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> >> builtin-probe.c: In function ???cmd_probe???:
> >> builtin-probe.c:163: error: unused variable ???fd???
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
> >> ---
> >>  tools/perf/builtin-probe.c |    3 ++-
> >>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> >> index b5d15cf..64ea038 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> >> @@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
> >>  
> >>  int cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
> >>  {
> >> -	int i, j, fd, ret;
> >> +	int i, j, ret;
> >> +	int fd __used;
> >>  	struct probe_point *pp;
> > 
> > i think it's better to initialize it to -1 instead of turning off the 
> > warning.
> > 
> 
> Hi Ingo,
> 
> I have try this way but the error still exists :-(

ah - unused, not uninitialized.

Then the right fix is to use NO_LIBDWARF, not __used annotation. I've 
changed it to that and committed your fix - thanks!

	Ingo
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