linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 15/19] sunrpc: don't warn for unused variable 'buf'

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Message-ID: <4FA345DA4F4AE44899BD2B03EEEC2FA91833C205@sacexcmbx05-prd.hq.netapp.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:04:28 +0000
From:	"Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...hat.com>,
	"linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 15/19] sunrpc: don't warn for unused variable 'buf'

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnd Bergmann [mailto:arnd@...db.de]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 5:44 PM
> To: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Arnd Bergmann; J. Bruce Fields;
> Myklebust, Trond; linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH 15/19] sunrpc: don't warn for unused variable 'buf'
> 
> When RPC_DEBUG is unset, the dprintk() macro does nothing, causing the
> 'buf' variable in svc_printk to become unused.
> Marking it as __maybe_unused avoids a harmless gcc warning.
> 
> Without this patch, building at91_dt_defconfig results in:
> 
> net/sunrpc/svc.c: In function 'svc_printk':
> net/sunrpc/svc.c:1051:7: warning: unused variable 'buf' [-Wunused-variable]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...hat.com>
> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
> Cc: linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  net/sunrpc/svc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c index dbf12ac..b1f5223
> 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
> @@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ void svc_printk(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, const char
> *fmt, ...)  {
>  	struct va_format vaf;
>  	va_list args;
> -	char 	buf[RPC_MAX_ADDRBUFLEN];
> +	char buf[RPC_MAX_ADDRBUFLEN] __maybe_unused;
> 
>  	va_start(args, fmt);

Alternatively, just declare it using the RPC_IFDEBUG() macro.

Cheers
  Trond
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