linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tsacct: Remove unused macro definition

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Message-ID: <2025072935-mardi-propeller-0d29@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:52:09 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran@...il.com>
Cc: skhan@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tsacct: Remove unused macro definition

On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 11:03:59AM +0530, Suchit Karunakaran wrote:
> The MB macro was defined in tsacct.c but never used, leading to a compiler
> warning. This patch removes the unused definition to clean up the code and
> suppress the warning.

What compiler warning shows this?  As part of a normal build?

We have loads of defines that are not used, especially in drivers, are
we now going to start deleting them all?

thanks,

greg k-h