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From: Tobias Lorenz <tobias.lorenz@gmx.net>
To: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Cc: linux-media <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: radio-si470x-usb.c warning: can I remove 'buf'?
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:03:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b7859e54bc9c2258672ded9be4cd8665@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201108251425.37536.hverkuil@xs4all.nl>

Hi Hans,

> While going through the compile warnings generated in the daily build I
> came
> across this one:
> 
> v4l-dvb-git/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-usb.c: In function
> 'si470x_int_in_callback':
> v4l-dvb-git/drivers/media/radio/si470x/radio-si470x-usb.c:398:16:
warning:
> variable 'buf' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> 
> The 'unsigned char buf[RDS_REPORT_SIZE];' is indeed unused, but can I
just
> remove it? There is this single assignment to buf: 'buf[0] =
RDS_REPORT;'.
> 
> This makes me wonder if it is perhaps supposed to be used after all.
> 
> Please let me know if I can remove it, or if it is a bug that someone
needs
> to fix.

this is an artifact from shifting the rds processing function into
interrupt context.
Yes, this can safely be removed.

Can you do this?

Bye,
Toby


  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-26 19:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-25 12:25 radio-si470x-usb.c warning: can I remove 'buf'? Hans Verkuil
2011-08-26 19:03 ` Tobias Lorenz [this message]
2011-08-27 14:33   ` Hans Verkuil

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