linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] modpost: remove the unused argument of check_sec

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Message-ID: <CAKwvOd=fZ=V52fOc47O1=0wy36b8q_LO54J0099_GkouzH0SZA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 May 2022 13:44:07 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] modpost: remove the unused argument of check_sec_ref()

On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 9:48 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> check_sec_ref() does not use the first parameter 'mod'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

Perhaps we could enable some -W flags for scripts/mod/?
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

> ---
>
>  scripts/mod/modpost.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index 845bc438ca49..843c64eebe8b 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -1883,8 +1883,7 @@ static void section_rel(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
>   * to find all references to a section that reference a section that will
>   * be discarded and warns about it.
>   **/
> -static void check_sec_ref(struct module *mod, const char *modname,
> -                         struct elf_info *elf)
> +static void check_sec_ref(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf)
>  {
>         int i;
>         Elf_Shdr *sechdrs = elf->sechdrs;
> @@ -2069,7 +2068,7 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname)
>                                              sym_get_data(&info, sym));
>         }
>
> -       check_sec_ref(mod, modname, &info);
> +       check_sec_ref(modname, &info);
>
>         if (!mod->is_vmlinux) {
>                 version = get_modinfo(&info, "version");
> --
> 2.32.0
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers