linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc: remove set but not used variable 'force_printk_to

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Message-ID: <9e3e5a40-ff90-9872-30a5-3a65232d5f0e@huawei.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 17:30:24 +0800
From:   "yukuai (C)" <yukuai3@...wei.com>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        <mpe@...erman.id.au>
CC:     <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc: remove set but not used variable
 'force_printk_to_btext'

On 2021/04/08 13:01, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> 
> 
> Le 08/04/2021 à 03:18, Yu Kuai a écrit :
>> Fixes gcc '-Wunused-but-set-variable' warning:
>>
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c:49:12: error: 'force_printk_to_btext'
>> defined but not used.
> 
> You don't get this error as it is now.
> You will get this error only if you make it 'static', which is what you 
> did in your first patch based on the 'sparse' report.
> 
> When removing a non static variable, you should explain that you can 
> remove it after you have verifier that it is nowhere used, neither in 
> that file nor in any other one.

Hi,

I do use 'git grep force_printk_to_btext' to confirm that
'force_printk_to_btext' is not used anywhere. Maybe it's better to
metion it in commit message?

Thanks
Yu Kuai
> 
>>
>> It is never used, and so can be removed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c | 1 -
>>   1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
>> index 803c2a45b22a..359d0f4ca532 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
>> @@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ unsigned long disp_BAT[2] __initdata = {0, 0};
>>   static unsigned char vga_font[cmapsz];
>>   int boot_text_mapped __force_data = 0;
>> -int force_printk_to_btext = 0;
>>   extern void rmci_on(void);
>>   extern void rmci_off(void);
>>
> .
>