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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>,
	Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	Jason Yan <yanaijie@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/1] video: fbdev: matroxfb: Mark variable with __maybe_unused to avoid W=1 build break
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:36:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260320143646.3218199-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> (raw)

Clang is not happy about set but unused variable:

drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/g450_pll.c:412:18: error: variable 'mnp' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-variable]
   412 |                                 unsigned int mnp;
       |                                              ^
1 error generated.

Since the commit 7b987887f97b ("video: fbdev: matroxfb: remove dead code
and set but not used variable") the 'mnp' became unused, but eliminating
that code might have side-effects. The question here is what should we do
with 'mnp'? The easiest way out is just mark it with __maybe_unused which
will shut the compiler up and won't change any possible IO flow. So does
this change.

Fixes: 7b987887f97b ("video: fbdev: matroxfb: remove dead code and set but not used variable")
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

---
Cc: Jason Yan <yanaijie@huawei.com>
---

Below is a dive into the history of the driver.

The problem was revealed when the #if 0 guarded code along with unused
pixel_vco variable was removed. That code was introduced in the original
commit 213d22146d1f ("[PATCH] (1/3) matroxfb for 2.5.3"). And then guarded
in the commit 705e41f82988 ("matroxfb DVI updates: Handle DVI output on
G450/G550. Powerdown unused portions of G450/G550 DAC. Split G450/G550 DAC
from older DAC1064 handling. Modify PLL setting when both CRTCs use same
pixel clocks.").

NOTE: The two commits mentioned above pre-date Git era and available in
history.git repository for archaeological purposes.

Even without that guard the modern compilers may see that the pixel_vco
wasn't ever used and seems a leftover after some debug or review made
25 years ago.

The g450_mnp2vco() doesn't have any IO and as Jason said doesn't seem
to have any side effects either than some unneeded CPU processing during
runtime. I agree that's unlikely that timeout (or heating up the CPU) has
any effect on the HW (GPU/display) functionality.
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/g450_pll.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/g450_pll.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/g450_pll.c
index e2c1478aa47f..6a08f78cd1ac 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/g450_pll.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/g450_pll.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static int __g450_setclk(struct matrox_fb_info *minfo, unsigned int fout,
 		case M_VIDEO_PLL:
 			{
 				u_int8_t tmp;
-				unsigned int mnp;
+				unsigned int mnp __maybe_unused;
 				unsigned long flags;
 
 				matroxfb_DAC_lock_irqsave(flags);
-- 
2.50.1


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-20 14:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-20 14:36 Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2026-03-20 16:32 ` [PATCH v1 1/1] video: fbdev: matroxfb: Mark variable with __maybe_unused to avoid W=1 build break Helge Deller
2026-03-21  2:20 ` Jason Yan

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