netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] i40e: fix build warning

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Message-ID: <1453766503.2932.13.camel@intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:01:43 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...el.com>,
	Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] i40e: fix build warning

On Mon, 2016-01-25 at 11:40 +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> While building we are getting warning about:
> i40e_main.c:8604:13: warning: 'i40e_add_geneve_port' defined but not
> used
> and
> i40e_main.c:8651:13: warning: 'i40e_del_geneve_port' defined but not
> used
> 
> The contents of these functions are defined under CONFIG_GENEVE, so
> if
> CONFIG_GENEVE is not defined then we are having unused empty
> functions.
> Lets have these functions under CONFIG_GENEVE as the callback is
> already
> defined under CONFIG_GENEVE there is no chance of any failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

This is not a complete fix for the issue and Eric Dumazet has already
submitted a fix for the issue, which I have just sent to David Miller
in a pull-request.

So I have dropped this patch, in favor of Eric's solution.
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