Re: [PATCH] arm64: arch_timer: mark errata handlers as __maybe_unused

Marc Zyngier
2017-04-19T18:03:14Z

On 19/04/17 18:37, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> In some rare randconfig builds, we end up with two functions being entirely
> unused:
>
> drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c:342:12: error: 'erratum_set_next_event_tval_phys' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
> static int erratum_set_next_event_tval_phys(unsigned long evt,
> drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c:335:12: error: 'erratum_set_next_event_tval_virt' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
> static int erratum_set_next_event_tval_virt(unsigned long evt,
>
> We could add an #ifdef around them, but we would already have to check for
> several symbols there and there is a chance this would get more complicated
> over time, so marking them as __maybe_unused is the simplest way to avoid the
> harmless warnings.
>
> Fixes: 01d3e3ff2608 ("arm64: arch_timer: Rework the set_next_event workarounds")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Ah, well spotted. You need CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_858921, but none of
CONFIG_HISILICON_ERRATUM_161010101 or CONFIG_FSL_ERRATUM_A008585.
Dreadful stuff.

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>

M.
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