linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] filelock: ignore 'lock' argument to for_each_file

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 07:08:28 -0500
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, Christian
	Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Luca Vizzarro <Luca.Vizzarro@....com>, 
	Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] filelock: ignore 'lock' argument to for_each_file_lock()

On Mon, 2024-02-12 at 12:26 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> When CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING is disabled, ceph causes a warning about
> a variable that is only used insode of the for_each_file_lock()
> loop:
> 
> fs/ceph/locks.c: In function 'ceph_count_locks':
> fs/ceph/locks.c:380:27: error: unused variable 'lock' [-Werror=unused-variable]
>   380 |         struct file_lock *lock;
> 
> Rather than working around this in ceph, change the macro definition
> to still contain a reference to the variable in order to shut up the
> warning.
> 
> Fixes: 75cabec0111b ("filelock: add some new helper functions")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  include/linux/filelock.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/filelock.h b/include/linux/filelock.h
> index aabd4bdf7eba..69290173280a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/filelock.h
> +++ b/include/linux/filelock.h
> @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static inline void locks_wake_up(struct file_lock *fl)
>  {
>  }
>  
> -#define for_each_file_lock(_fl, _head)	while(false)
> +#define for_each_file_lock(_fl, _head)	while((void)_fl, false)
>  
>  static inline void
>  locks_free_lock_context(struct inode *inode)

I had sent a patch early last week for this, but then dropped the ball
on following up. The simpler fix is to just unconditionally define
for_each_file_lock(). It's a macro, so we can just move the "real"
definition outside of the #ifdef.

I'll spin up a patch later today and resend it.

Thanks,
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>