linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi: fix pwr_btn_event

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Message-ID: <20120722000838.GA15798@shutemov.name>
Date:	Sun, 22 Jul 2012 03:08:40 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	lenb@...nel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi: fix pwr_btn_event_pending build error

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 04:37:14PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:52:43AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 02:41:56PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > > 
> > > A recent build for KVM on x86 resulted in the following build error:
> > > 
> > > drivers/acpi/sleep.c:60:13: warning: ‘pwr_btn_event_pending’ defined but not
> > > +used [-Wunused-variable]
> > > 
> > > This patch silences this error.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> > > index 8856102..18347aa 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> > > @@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(gts, "Enable evaluation of _GTS on suspend.");
> > >  MODULE_PARM_DESC(bfs, "Enable evaluation of _BFS on resume".);
> > >  
> > >  static u8 sleep_states[ACPI_S_STATE_COUNT];
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP
> > >  static bool pwr_btn_event_pending;
> > > +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP */
> > 
> > __maybe_unused ?
> 
> Are the compiler and linker smart enough to get rid of the storage in
> case it really isn't used?  (Not that the storage for a bool is worth
> worrying about, but...)

GCC with optimization enabled will get rid of the storage even without
__maybe_unused.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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