linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] umh: fix build warning with CONFIG

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:20:56 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Matteo Rizzo <matteorizzo@...gle.com>, jarkko@...nel.org,
        mcgrof@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] umh: fix build warning with CONFIG_SYSCTL disabled

Hi,

On 6/29/23 09:10, Matteo Rizzo wrote:
> When CONFIG_SYSCTL is not defined proc_cap_handler is not used. This
> causes a build warning with -Wunused-function.
> 
> kernel/umh.c:497:12: error: unused function 'proc_cap_handler'
> [-Werror,-Wunused-function]
> static int proc_cap_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>            ^
> 1 error generated.
> 
> Fixes: 861dc0b46432 ("sysctl: move umh sysctl registration to its own file")
> Signed-off-by: Matteo Rizzo <matteorizzo@...gle.com>

Arnd sent this same patch on 2023-June-07.

I have been wondering why it has not been merged...

> ---
>  kernel/umh.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/umh.c b/kernel/umh.c
> index 41088c5c39fd..1b13c5d34624 100644
> --- a/kernel/umh.c
> +++ b/kernel/umh.c
> @@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ int call_usermodehelper(const char *path, char **argv, char **envp, int wait)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper);
>  
> +#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
>  static int proc_cap_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>  			 void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
>  {
> @@ -544,7 +545,6 @@ static int proc_cap_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
>  static struct ctl_table usermodehelper_table[] = {
>  	{
>  		.procname	= "bset",

thanks.
-- 
~Randy