linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver base: slience unused warning

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Date:   Thu, 7 Sep 2023 13:49:43 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To:     Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rafael@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver base: slience unused warning

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 03:36:55PM +0800, Su Hui wrote:
> Avoid unused warning with gcc and W=1 option.
> 
> drivers/base/module.c:36:6: error:
> variable ‘no_warn’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/module.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/module.c b/drivers/base/module.c
> index 46ad4d636731..10494336d601 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/module.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/module.c
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static void module_create_drivers_dir(struct module_kobject *mk)
>  void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv)
>  {
>  	char *driver_name;
> -	int no_warn;
> +	int __maybe_unused no_warn;

Just delete the variable if it isn't used.

regards,
dan carpenter