Re: [PATCH] eliminate warnings in generated module files

[Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0302251930280.13501-100000@chaos.physics.uiowa.edu> y
ou write:
> FWIW, I think it's not a good idea. Why call it 'required' in the kernel 
> when the normal (gcc) expression for it is 'used'. - We didn't rename 
> 'deprecated' to 'obsolete', either ;)

But deprecated was a fine name.  "used" is a terrible name, and since
we're renaming it via a macro anyway... (see "likey").

> Also, I don't really see any use for __optional at this point, so why add 
> it at all?

>From ip_conntrack_core.c:

#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
static struct ctl_table_header *ip_conntrack_sysctl_header;

static ctl_table ip_conntrack_table[] = {
	{
		.ctl_name	= NET_IP_CONNTRACK_MAX,
		.procname	= NET_IP_CONNTRACK_MAX_NAME,
		.data		= &ip_conntrack_max,
		.maxlen		= sizeof(ip_conntrack_max),
		.mode		= 0644,
		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
	},
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};

static ctl_table ip_conntrack_dir_table[] = {
	{
		.ctl_name	= NET_IPV4,
		.procname	= "ipv4",
		.maxlen		= 0,
		.mode		= 0555,
		.child		= ip_conntrack_table
	},
	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};

static ctl_table ip_conntrack_root_table[] = {
	{
		.ctl_name	= CTL_NET,
		.procname	= "net",
		.maxlen		= 0,
		.mode		= 0555,
		.child		= ip_conntrack_dir_table
	},
	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};
#endif /*CONFIG_SYSCTL*/

I'd love to frop the #ifdef and just mark them __optional: before that
would just mean bloat, but when gcc 3.3 rolls in, they should vanish
nicely.

There are numerous other examples...
Rusty.
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