linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] qed: remove unused 'resp

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Message-ID: <20230814101312.GF3921@unreal>
Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:13:12 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ariel Elior <aelior@...vell.com>,
        Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] qed: remove unused 'resp_size' calculation

On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 09:45:03AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Newer versions of clang warn about this variable being assigned but
> never used:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_vf.c:63:67: error: parameter 'resp_size' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-parameter]
> 
> There is no indication in the git history on how this was ever
> meant to be used, so just remove the entire calculation and argument
> passing for it to avoid the warning.
> 
> Fixes: 1408cc1fa48c5 ("qed: Introduce VFs")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_vf.c | 45 +++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 

I don't think that Fixes tag is really needed here and title should be [PATCH
net] or [PATCH net-next].

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>