Re: [PATCH] mfd: kempld-core: Mark kempld-acpi_table as __maybe_unused

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

On Thu, 01 Oct 2020, Michael Brunner wrote:

> The Intel 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service reports an unused variable
> warning when compiling with clang for PowerPC:
> 
> >> drivers/mfd/kempld-core.c:556:36: warning: unused variable 'kempld_acpi_table' [-Wunused-const-variable]
>    static const struct acpi_device_id kempld_acpi_table[] = {
> 
> The issue can be fixed by marking kempld_acpi_table as __maybe_unused.
> 
> Fixes: e8299c7313af ("[PATCH] mfd: Add ACPI support to Kontron PLD driver")
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Brunner <michael.brunner@kontron.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/kempld-core.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/kempld-core.c b/drivers/mfd/kempld-core.c
> index 1dfe556df038..273481dfaad4 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/kempld-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/kempld-core.c
> @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static int kempld_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static const struct acpi_device_id kempld_acpi_table[] = {
> +static const struct acpi_device_id __maybe_unused kempld_acpi_table[] = {
>  	{ "KEM0001", (kernel_ulong_t)&kempld_platform_data_generic },
>  	{}
>  };

This is not the right fix.  Better just to compile it out completely
in these circumstances.  I already have a fix for this in soak.

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