linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] sched: Fix compiler warnings

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Message-ID: <53AB933D.1040108@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:27:57 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sched: Fix compiler warnings

On 06/25/2014 05:59 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
>
> [I know I'm a bit late to this, but ...]
>
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:05:29 -0700 Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
>> index 9d85318..e35d880 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
>> @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ void store_cpu_topology(unsigned int cpuid)
>>   		cpu_topology[cpuid].socket_id, mpidr);
>>   }
>>
>> -static inline const int cpu_corepower_flags(void)
>> +static inline int cpu_corepower_flags(void)
>>   {
>>   	return SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES  | SD_SHARE_POWERDOMAIN;
>>   }
>
> The only reference to this function is to take its address, so "inline"
> is useless, right?
>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
>> index 306f4f0..0376b05 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
>> @@ -872,21 +872,21 @@ enum cpu_idle_type {
>>   #define SD_NUMA			0x4000	/* cross-node balancing */
>>
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
>> -static inline const int cpu_smt_flags(void)
>> +static inline int cpu_smt_flags(void)
>>   {
>>   	return SD_SHARE_CPUCAPACITY | SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES;
>>   }
>>   #endif
>>
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_MC
>> -static inline const int cpu_core_flags(void)
>> +static inline int cpu_core_flags(void)
>>   {
>>   	return SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES;
>>   }
>>   #endif
>>
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
>> -static inline const int cpu_numa_flags(void)
>> +static inline int cpu_numa_flags(void)
>>   {
>>   	return SD_NUMA;
>>   }
>
> The same is true of those three, but then they would have to be moved
> into a .c file and replaced with prototypes ...
>

Personally I wasn't sure why it had to be functions instead of defines,
but who knows. Anyway, seems others are not happy with my proposed fix
either, and everyone seems to suggest a different solution, so I guess
it won't go anywhere.

I "solved" my immediate problem of getting a polluted build log by
filtering the warnings out, so I don't really care too much anymore ;-).

Guenter

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