linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: musb: remove unused variable 'devctl'

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Date:   Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:48:50 +0800
From:   Min Guo <min.guo@...iatek.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Bin Liu <b-liu@...com>
CC:     Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        <chunfeng.yun@...iatek.com>, <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: musb: remove unused variable 'devctl'

Hi greg k-h:
On Wed, 2020-11-18 at 12:48 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 04:21:25PM +0800, min.guo@...iatek.com wrote:
> > From: Min Guo <min.guo@...iatek.com>
> > 
> > Remove unused 'devctl' variable to fix compile warnings:
> > 
> >     drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c: In function 'dma_controller_irq':
> >     drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c:324:8: warning: variable 'devctl' set
> >     but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Min Guo <min.guo@...iatek.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c | 4 ----
> >  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c b/drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c
> > index 0aacfc8be5a1..7acd1635850d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c
> > @@ -321,8 +321,6 @@ irqreturn_t dma_controller_irq(int irq, void *private_data)
> >  				musb_channel->channel.status =
> >  					MUSB_DMA_STATUS_BUS_ABORT;
> >  			} else {
> > -				u8 devctl;
> > -
> >  				addr = musb_read_hsdma_addr(mbase,
> >  						bchannel);
> >  				channel->actual_len = addr
> > @@ -336,8 +334,6 @@ irqreturn_t dma_controller_irq(int irq, void *private_data)
> >  						< musb_channel->len) ?
> >  					"=> reconfig 0" : "=> complete");
> >  
> > -				devctl = musb_readb(mbase, MUSB_DEVCTL);
> 
> Are you sure that the hardware does not require this read to complete
> the command?  Lots of hardware is that way, so be very careful about
> this.  Did you test it?

I have tested this patch on Mediatek's platform, and not sure if it
will affect other vendors' platforms.

Dear Bin:

Does this patch will affect other vendors' platforms?

Best Regards,
Min

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h