linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] hwmon: bt1-pvt: Define Temp- and Volt-to-N poly as maybe-unused

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Message-ID: <20200604153043.GA185160@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Thu, 4 Jun 2020 08:30:44 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru>
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Maxim Kaurkin <Maxim.Kaurkin@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hwmon: bt1-pvt: Define Temp- and Volt-to-N poly as
 maybe-unused

On Wed, Jun 03, 2020 at 03:07:53AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> Clang-based kernel building with W=1 warns that some static const
> variables are unused:
> 
> drivers/hwmon/bt1-pvt.c:67:30: warning: unused variable 'poly_temp_to_N' [-Wunused-const-variable]
> static const struct pvt_poly poly_temp_to_N = {
>                              ^
> drivers/hwmon/bt1-pvt.c:99:30: warning: unused variable 'poly_volt_to_N' [-Wunused-const-variable]
> static const struct pvt_poly poly_volt_to_N = {
>                              ^
> 
> Indeed these polynomials are utilized only when the PVT sensor alarms are
> enabled. In that case they are used to convert the temperature and
> voltage alarm limits from normal quantities (Volts and degree Celsius) to
> the sensor data representation N = [0, 1023]. Otherwise when alarms are
> disabled the driver only does the detected data conversion to the human
> readable form and doesn't need that polynomials defined. So let's mark the
> Temp-to-N and Volt-to-N polynomials with __maybe_unused attribute.
> 
> Note gcc with W=1 doesn't notice the problem.
> 
> Fixes: 87976ce2825d ("hwmon: Add Baikal-T1 PVT sensor driver")
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru>
> Cc: Maxim Kaurkin <Maxim.Kaurkin@...kalelectronics.ru>
> Cc: Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@...kalelectronics.ru>

Applied.

Thanks,
Guenter

> ---
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hwmon/20200602091219.24404-1-Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru
> Changelog v2:
> - Repalce if-defs with __maybe_unused attribute.
> ---
>  drivers/hwmon/bt1-pvt.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/bt1-pvt.c b/drivers/hwmon/bt1-pvt.c
> index 1a9772fb1f73..8709b3f54086 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/bt1-pvt.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/bt1-pvt.c
> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static const struct pvt_sensor_info pvt_info[] = {
>   *     48380,
>   * where T = [-48380, 147438] mC and N = [0, 1023].
>   */
> -static const struct pvt_poly poly_temp_to_N = {
> +static const struct pvt_poly __maybe_unused poly_temp_to_N = {
>  	.total_divider = 10000,
>  	.terms = {
>  		{4, 18322, 10000, 10000},
> @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static const struct pvt_poly poly_N_to_temp = {
>   * N = (18658e-3*V - 11572) / 10,
>   * V = N * 10^5 / 18658 + 11572 * 10^4 / 18658.
>   */
> -static const struct pvt_poly poly_volt_to_N = {
> +static const struct pvt_poly __maybe_unused poly_volt_to_N = {
>  	.total_divider = 10,
>  	.terms = {
>  		{1, 18658, 1000, 1},