linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/13] cpufreq: amd_freq_sensitivity: Remove unused ID structs

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Message-ID: <20200714210218.GH1398296@dell>
Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 22:02:18 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>
Cc:     rjw@...ysocki.net, viresh.kumar@...aro.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/13] cpufreq: amd_freq_sensitivity: Remove unused ID
 structs

On Tue, 14 Jul 2020, Kim Phillips wrote:

> On 7/14/20 9:50 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> > Can't see them being used anywhere and the compiler doesn't complain
> > that they're missing, so ...
> > 
> > Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
> > 
> >  drivers/cpufreq/amd_freq_sensitivity.c:147:32: warning: ‘amd_freq_sensitivity_ids’ defined but not used [-Wunused-const-variable=]
> >  147 | static const struct x86_cpu_id amd_freq_sensitivity_ids[] = {
> >  | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 
> > Cc: Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> > ---
> 
> Same comment as for patch 9/13: these are used automatic module loading.

How does that work?

Could you point me to the code which handles that please?

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