netdev - Re: [PATCH] s2io: Fix warnings due to -Wunused-but-set-variable.

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Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:21:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jdmason@...zu.us
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] s2io: Fix warnings due to -Wunused-but-set-variable.

From: Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:00:04 -0500

> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 04:01:43PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>> 
>> Most of these are cases where we are trying to read back a register
>> after a write to ensure completion.
>> 
>> Simply pre-fixing the readl() or readq() with "(void)" is sufficient
>> because these are volatile operations and the compiler cannot eliminate
>> them just because no real assignment takes place.
>> 
>> The case of free_rxd_blk()'s assignments to "struct buffAdd *ba" is a
>> real spurious assignment as this variable is completely otherwise
>> unused.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Acked-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>

Thanks for reviewing.
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