linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] printk: Remove no longer used second struct cont

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Message-ID: <20161215162336.GA18152@pathway.suse.cz>
Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2016 17:23:37 +0100
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: Remove no longer used second struct cont

On Thu 2016-12-15 13:53:58, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> If CONFIG_PRINTK=n:
> 
>     kernel/printk/printk.c:1893: warning: ‘cont’ defined but not used
> 
> Note that there are actually two different struct cont definitions and
> objects: the first one is used if CONFIG_PRINTK=y, the second one became
> unused by removing console_cont_flush().
> 
> Fixes: 5c2992ee7fd8a29d ("printk: remove console flushing special cases for partial buffered lines")

Great catch. It seems that nobody tried the build without CONFIG_PRINTK
at that time.


> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Best Regards,
Petr