netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: hide an unused variable

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:04:03 -0800
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Matan Barak <matanb@...lanox.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
Cc:     Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
        Hadar Hen Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Paul Blakey <paulb@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: hide an unused variable



On 1/3/2018 2:40 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The uplink_rpriv variable was added at the start of the function but
> only used inside of an #ifdef:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c: In function 'mlx5e_route_lookup_ipv6':
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c:1549:25: error: unused variable 'uplink_rpriv' [-Werror=unused-variable]
> 
> This moves the declaration into that #ifdef as well.
> 
> Fixes: 5ed99fb421d4 ("net/mlx5e: Move ethernet representors data into separate struct")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Acked-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>

Thank you Arnd.