linux-kernel - [PATCH] [v2] tracing: mark trace_test_buffer as __maybe

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Date:   Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:22:20 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [v2] tracing: mark trace_test_buffer as __maybe_unused

After trace_selftest_startup_sched_switch is removed, trace_test_buffer()
is only used sometimes, leading to this warning:

kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c:62:12: error: 'trace_test_buffer' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]

There is no simple #ifdef condition that captures well whether the
function is in fact used or not, so marking it as __maybe_unused is
probably the best way to shut up the warning. The function will then
be silently dropped when there is no user.

Fixes: d8c4deee6dc6 ("tracing: Remove obsolete sched_switch tracer selftest")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
v2: use __maybe_unused instead of another incorrect #ifdef
---
 kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index 364f78abdf47..eb9ba5c1ba40 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int trace_test_buffer_cpu(struct trace_buffer *buf, int cpu)
  * Test the trace buffer to see if all the elements
  * are still sane.
  */
-static int trace_test_buffer(struct trace_buffer *buf, unsigned long *count)
+static int __maybe_unused trace_test_buffer(struct trace_buffer *buf, unsigned long *count)
 {
 	unsigned long flags, cnt = 0;
 	int cpu, ret = 0;
-- 
2.9.0