linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drivers: scsi: remove unnecessary #ifdef MODULE

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Date:   Fri, 07 Jun 2019 03:41:29 +0300
From:   James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@...ux.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     khalid@...ehiking.org, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        aacraid@...rosemi.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drivers: scsi: remove unnecessary #ifdef MODULE

On Thu, 2019-06-06 at 17:04 +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
wrote:
> From: Enrico Weigelt <info@...ux.net>
> 
> The MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro already checks for MODULE defined,
> so the extra check here is not necessary.
> 
> Changes v2:
>     * make dptids const to fix warning on unused variable

I don't think this works; in my version of gcc, const does not defeat
the unused variable warning if I try with a test programme:

jejb@...vis:~> gcc -Wunused-variable -c test1.c
test1.c:3:18: warning: ‘i’ defined but not used [-Wunused-cons
t-variable=]
 static const int i[] = { 1, 2, 3};

James