linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] kthread: Fix build warning variable 'ret' set but not used

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Message-ID: <Z6JkO4ssN7Bwcgd6@pavilion.home>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 20:02:19 +0100
From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To: Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] kthread: Fix build warning variable 'ret' set but not
 used

Hi Dhruva,

Le Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 09:39:21PM +0530, Dhruva Gole a écrit :
> Fix the following build time warning in kthread:
> 
>    kernel/kthread.c: In function 'kthread_affine_preferred':
> >> kernel/kthread.c:861:13: warning: variable 'ret' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>      861 |         int ret;
>          |             ^~~
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202501301528.t0cZVbnq-lkp@intel.com/
> Signed-off-by: Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>

Thanks for your patch but another similar fix was already pending. I have sent
the pull request there:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Z6JjZMdbDoAX_AVW@pavilion.home/T/#u