[PATCH bpf v2] selftests/bpf: Fix set but not used build errors

[PATCH bpf v2] selftests/bpf: Fix set but not used build errors

[Tiezhu Yang]

There are some set but not used build errors when compiling bpf selftests
with the latest upstream mainline GCC, at the beginning add the attribute
__maybe_unused for the variables, but it is better to just add the option
-Wno-unused-but-set-variable to CFLAGS in Makefile to disable the errors
instead of hacking the tests.

  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/map_tests/lpm_trie_map_basic_ops.c:229:36:
  error: variable ‘n_matches_after_delete’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable=]

  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/map_tests/lpm_trie_map_basic_ops.c:229:25:
  error: variable ‘n_matches’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable=]

  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_cookie.c:426:22:
  error: variable ‘j’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable=]

  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/find_vma.c:52:22:
  error: variable ‘j’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable=]

  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/perf_branches.c:67:22:
  error: variable ‘j’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable=]

  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/perf_link.c:15:22:
  error: variable ‘j’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable=]

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index f00587d4ede6..7437c325179e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS += -g $(OPT_FLAGS) -rdynamic -std=gnu11				\
 	  -Wall -Werror -fno-omit-frame-pointer				\
+	  -Wno-unused-but-set-variable					\
 	  $(GENFLAGS) $(SAN_CFLAGS) $(LIBELF_CFLAGS)			\
 	  -I$(CURDIR) -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(GENDIR) -I$(LIBDIR)		\
 	  -I$(TOOLSINCDIR) -I$(TOOLSARCHINCDIR) -I$(APIDIR) -I$(OUTPUT)
-- 
2.42.0

Re: [PATCH bpf v2] selftests/bpf: Fix set but not used build errors

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>:

On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 16:28:15 +0800 you wrote:
> There are some set but not used build errors when compiling bpf selftests
> with the latest upstream mainline GCC, at the beginning add the attribute
> __maybe_unused for the variables, but it is better to just add the option
> -Wno-unused-but-set-variable to CFLAGS in Makefile to disable the errors
> instead of hacking the tests.
> 
>   tools/testing/selftests/bpf/map_tests/lpm_trie_map_basic_ops.c:229:36:
>   error: variable ‘n_matches_after_delete’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable=]
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf,v2] selftests/bpf: Fix set but not used build errors
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/c67f4ae73798

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