linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtw_mlme_ext: remove hardcoded dead debug code

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Message-ID: <202601302336.Jt5bRreu-lkp@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:30:25 +0800
From: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To: SAJJA EASWAR SAI <eshwarsajja20@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc: oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, eshwarsajja20@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtw_mlme_ext: remove hardcoded dead debug code

Hi SAJJA,

kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:

[auto build test WARNING on staging/staging-testing]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/SAJJA-EASWAR-SAI/staging-rtw_mlme_ext-remove-hardcoded-dead-debug-code/20260130-143203
base:   staging/staging-testing
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260130062956.858992-1-eshwarsajja20%40gmail.com
patch subject: [PATCH] staging: rtw_mlme_ext: remove hardcoded dead debug code
config: m68k-allyesconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260130/202601302336.Jt5bRreu-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: m68k-linux-gcc (GCC) 15.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260130/202601302336.Jt5bRreu-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202601302336.Jt5bRreu-lkp@intel.com/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c: In function 'OnAction_sa_query':
>> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c:1851:31: warning: unused variable 'pattrib' [-Wunused-variable]
    1851 |         struct rx_pkt_attrib *pattrib = &precv_frame->u.hdr.attrib;
         |                               ^~~~~~~


vim +/pattrib +1851 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c

554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1847  
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1848  unsigned int OnAction_sa_query(struct adapter *padapter, union recv_frame *precv_frame)
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1849  {
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1850  	u8 *pframe = precv_frame->u.hdr.rx_data;
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29 @1851  	struct rx_pkt_attrib *pattrib = &precv_frame->u.hdr.attrib;
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1852  	struct mlme_ext_priv *pmlmeext = &(padapter->mlmeextpriv);
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1853  	unsigned short tid;
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1854  
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1855  	switch (pframe[WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN+1]) {
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1856  	case 0: /* SA Query req */
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1857  		memcpy(&tid, &pframe[WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN+2], sizeof(unsigned short));
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1858  		issue_action_SA_Query(padapter, GetAddr2Ptr(pframe), 1, tid);
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1859  		break;
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1860  
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1861  	case 1: /* SA Query rsp */
8fa7292fee5c52 Thomas Gleixner 2025-04-05  1862  		timer_delete_sync(&pmlmeext->sa_query_timer);
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1863  		break;
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1864  	default:
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1865  		break;
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1866  	}
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1867  	return _SUCCESS;
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1868  }
554c0a3abf216c Hans de Goede   2017-03-29  1869  

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