linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PNP: isapnp: remove set but not used variable 'checksum'

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Date:   Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:56:55 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
To:     yu kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Cc:     perex@...ex.cz, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yi.zhang@...wei.com,
        zhengbin13@...wei.com, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PNP: isapnp: remove set but not used variable 'checksum'

On 1/3/2020 1:17 PM, yu kuai wrote:
> Fixes gcc '-Wunused-but-set-variable' warning:
>
> drivers/pnp/isapnp/core.c: In function ‘isapnp_build_device_list’:
> drivers/pnp/isapnp/core.c:777:27: warning: variable ‘checksum’ set
> but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>
> It is never used, and so can be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: yu kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> ---
>   drivers/pnp/isapnp/core.c | 3 +--
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pnp/isapnp/core.c b/drivers/pnp/isapnp/core.c
> index 179b737280e1..e39d49bceae0 100644
> --- a/drivers/pnp/isapnp/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/pnp/isapnp/core.c
> @@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ static unsigned char __init isapnp_checksum(unsigned char *data)
>   static int __init isapnp_build_device_list(void)
>   {
>   	int csn;
> -	unsigned char header[9], checksum;
> +	unsigned char header[9];
>   	struct pnp_card *card;
>   	u32 eisa_id;
>   	char id[8];
> @@ -784,7 +784,6 @@ static int __init isapnp_build_device_list(void)
>   	for (csn = 1; csn <= isapnp_csn_count; csn++) {
>   		isapnp_wake(csn);
>   		isapnp_peek(header, 9);
> -		checksum = isapnp_checksum(header);
>   		eisa_id = header[0] | header[1] << 8 |
>   			  header[2] << 16 | header[3] << 24;
>   		pnp_eisa_id_to_string(eisa_id, id);

Applied as 5.6 material, thanks!

Note that it is recommended to CC patches that touch the PNP code to 
linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org