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

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Message-ID: <20250205061740.v7njfbfdx5ym4m7h@lcpd911>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 11:47:40 +0530
From: Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
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

On Feb 04, 2025 at 20:02:19 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> 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

OK, btw another qn I had was does this file not need a MAINTAINERS file
update?
I don't see a real MAINTAINER against it, everyone just shows as
contributors / committers...
Or is it to be sent to Linus directly?

-- 
Best regards,
Dhruva Gole
Texas Instruments Incorporated