linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wireless: ath: remove unused-but-set parameter

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Message-ID: <87zg2tem80.fsf@toke.dk>
Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2023 16:23:59 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...e.dk>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@...il.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Aloka Dixit <quic_alokad@...cinc.com>,
        Wen Gong <quic_wgong@...cinc.com>,
        Ramya Gnanasekar <quic_rgnanase@...cinc.com>,
        Karthik M <quic_karm@...cinc.com>,
        Aditya Kumar Singh <quic_adisi@...cinc.com>,
        Muna Sinada <quic_msinada@...cinc.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        ath12k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wireless: ath: remove unused-but-set parameter

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> writes:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> This has never been used since the driver was merged, but it now causes
> a W=1 warning in recent clang versions
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c:1566:21: error: parameter 'changed_flags' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-parameter]
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c:1258:25: error: parameter 'changed_flags' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-parameter]
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/mac80211-ops.c:367:62: error: parameter 'changed_flags' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-parameter]
>
> Remove the bit manipulation on the otherwise unused parameter.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

For ath9k:
Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...e.dk>