linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/amd/display: Fixed the unused-but-set-variable warning

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Message-ID: <CABXOdTdGbSDuUepv_MRLYqAfRxB6UPQKP4QGSTmWRUSH3dg6AQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Mar 2022 07:25:25 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <groeck@...gle.com>
To:     Aashish Sharma <shraash@...gle.com>
Cc:     Harry Wentland <harry.wentland@....com>,
        Leo Li <sunpeng.li@....com>,
        Rodrigo Siqueira <Rodrigo.Siqueira@....com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Pan Xinhui <Xinhui.Pan@....com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Nicholas Kazlauskas <nicholas.kazlauskas@....com>,
        Meenakshikumar Somasundaram <meenakshikumar.somasundaram@....com>,
        Jake Wang <haonan.wang2@....com>,
        Anson Jacob <Anson.Jacob@....com>,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Anthony Koo <Anthony.Koo@....com>,
        Wayne Lin <wayne.lin@....com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        amd-gfx list <amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Maling list - DRI developers 
        <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/amd/display: Fixed the unused-but-set-variable warning

On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 7:01 AM Aashish Sharma <shraash@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Fixed this kernel test robot warning:
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dmub/inc/dmub_cmd.h:2893:12:
> warning: variable 'temp' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>
> Replaced the assignment to the unused temp variable with READ_ONCE()
> macro to flush the writes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aashish Sharma <shraash@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dmub/inc/dmub_cmd.h | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dmub/inc/dmub_cmd.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dmub/inc/dmub_cmd.h
> index 873ecd04e01d..b7981a781701 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dmub/inc/dmub_cmd.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dmub/inc/dmub_cmd.h
> @@ -2913,13 +2913,12 @@ static inline void dmub_rb_flush_pending(const struct dmub_rb *rb)
>         uint32_t wptr = rb->wrpt;
>
>         while (rptr != wptr) {
> -               uint64_t volatile *data = (uint64_t volatile *)((uint8_t *)(rb->base_address) + rptr);
> +               uint64_t *data = (uint64_t volatile *)((uint8_t *)(rb->base_address) + rptr);

also drop the volatile in the typecast

>                 //uint64_t volatile *p = (uint64_t volatile *)data;

The above commented out code serves no purpose and should be removed as well.

Thanks,
Guenter

> -               uint64_t temp;
>                 uint8_t i;
>
>                 for (i = 0; i < DMUB_RB_CMD_SIZE / sizeof(uint64_t); i++)
> -                       temp = *data++;
> +                       (void)READ_ONCE(*data++);
>
>                 rptr += DMUB_RB_CMD_SIZE;
>                 if (rptr >= rb->capacity)
> --
> 2.35.1.723.g4982287a31-goog
>