linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: typec: tcpm: remove unused static variable 'tcpm_altmode

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Message-ID: <YG7A94eekRgvskUg@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 10:38:15 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        linux-usb <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: typec: tcpm: remove unused static variable
 'tcpm_altmode_ops'

On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 11:28:09AM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 05:15:40PM +0800, Zhen Lei wrote:
> > Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning:
> > 
> > drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c:2107:39: warning: ‘tcpm_altmode_ops’ defined but not used [-Wunused-const-variable=]
> > 
> > The reference to the variable 'tcpm_altmode_ops' is deleted by the
> > commit a079973f462a ("usb: typec: tcpm: Remove tcpc_config configuration
> > mechanism").
> > 
> > By the way, the static functions referenced only by the variable
> > 'tcpm_altmode_ops' are deleted accordingly.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@...wei.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
> 
> Oh, I thought this was already fixed. Should this go into the stable
> trees as well?

We do not build kernels by default with "W=1" yet, so it's not needed
in stable kernels.

thanks,

greg k-h