linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] misc: sram: remove useless #ifdef

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Message-ID: <20161129200153.GA11625@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2016 21:01:53 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>,
        Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] misc: sram: remove useless #ifdef

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 08:54:00PM +0100, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 29/11/2016 at 20:41:54 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote :
> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 03:30:54PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > A recent patch added a new function that is now unused whenever
> > > CONFIG_OF is disabled:
> > > 
> > > drivers/misc/sram.c:342:12: error: 'atmel_securam_wait' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
> > > 
> > > There is actually no reason for the #ifdef, because the driver
> > > currently cannot be used in a meaningful way without CONFIG_OF,
> > > and there is no compile-time dependency.
> > > 
> > > Removing that #ifdef and the respective of_match_ptr() avoids the
> > > warning and simplifies the driver slightly.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 2ae2e28852f2 ("misc: sram: add Atmel securam support")
> > 
> > What tree is this commit in?  I can't seem to find it in one of mine, am
> > I just missing it somewhere?
> > 
> 
> It is in arm-soc (it went through the mach-at91 tree)

Ah, ok, nothing I can do about it then, nice!