Re: [linux-next:master 9966/13055] kernel/watchdog.c:74:22: warning: unused variable 'hardlockup_si_mask'

Andrew Morton
2025-12-03T22:44:58Z

On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 09:05:30 +0800 kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> wrote:

> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> head: 47b7b5e32bb7264b51b89186043e1ada4090b558
> commit: a9af76a78760717361cccc884dc649e30db61c8b [9966/13055] watchdog: add sys_info sysctls to dump sys info on system lockup
> config: powerpc64-randconfig-002-20251203 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251203/202512030920.NFKtekA7-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: clang version 22.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 734a912d0f025559fcf76bde9aaaeb0383c1625a)
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251203/202512030920.NFKtekA7-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
>
> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512030920.NFKtekA7-lkp@intel.com/
>
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
> >> kernel/watchdog.c:74:22: warning: unused variable 'hardlockup_si_mask' [-Wunused-variable]
> 74 | static unsigned long hardlockup_si_mask;
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1 warning generated.

I'm testing the appended patch but it needs checking please.

The comment for hardlockup_si_mask says

* bitmask to control what kinds of system info to be printed when
* hard lockup is detected, it could be task, memory, lock etc.
* Refer include/linux/sys_info.h for detailed bit definition.

but the variable depends on "COUNTS_HRTIMER". The comment doesn't
mention hrtimers and I don't see why it should. Not sure what's going
on here.

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: kernel/watchdog.c: fix unused var warning
Date: Wed Dec 3 02:34:40 PM PST 2025

>> kernel/watchdog.c:74:22: warning: unused variable 'hardlockup_si_mask' [-Wunused-variable]
74 | static unsigned long hardlockup_si_mask;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 warning generated.

Fixes: a9af76a78760 ("watchdog: add sys_info sysctls to dump sys info on system lockup")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512030920.NFKtekA7-lkp@intel.com/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/202512030920.NFKtekA7-lkp@intel.com
Cc: Feng Tang <feng.tang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

kernel/watchdog.c | 16 +++++++++-------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/watchdog.c~kernel-watchdogc-fix-unused-var-warning
+++ a/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@ int __read_mostly sysctl_hardlockup_all_
unsigned int __read_mostly hardlockup_panic =
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC);

-/*
- * bitmasks to control what kinds of system info to be printed when
- * hard lockup is detected, it could be task, memory, lock etc.
- * Refer include/linux/sys_info.h for detailed bit definition.
- */
-static unsigned long hardlockup_si_mask;
-
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS

static unsigned int hardlockup_count;
@@ -135,6 +128,13 @@ __setup("nmi_watchdog=", hardlockup_pani

#if defined(CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_COUNTS_HRTIMER)

+/*
+ * bitmask to control what kinds of system info to be printed when
+ * hard lockup is detected, it could be task, memory, lock etc.
+ * Refer include/linux/sys_info.h for detailed bit definition.
+ */
+static unsigned long hardlockup_si_mask;
+
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, hrtimer_interrupts);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, hrtimer_interrupts_saved);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, watchdog_hardlockup_warned);
@@ -1250,6 +1250,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table watchdog_s
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
},
+#if defined(CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_COUNTS_HRTIMER)
{
.procname = "hardlockup_sys_info",
.data = &hardlockup_si_mask,
@@ -1257,6 +1258,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table watchdog_s
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = sysctl_sys_info_handler,
},
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
{
.procname = "hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace",
_