[tip:locking/core 23/38] drivers/char/nvram.c:56:21: warning: 'nvram_mutex' defined but not used

[tip:locking/core 23/38] drivers/char/nvram.c:56:21: warning: 'nvram_mutex' defined but not used

[kernel test robot]

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git locking/core
head:   a21c1e961de28b95099a9ca2c3774b2eee1a33bb
commit: 25500ba7e77ce9d3d9b5a1929d41a2ee2e23f6fe [23/38] locking/mutex: Remove the list_head from struct mutex
config: powerpc64-randconfig-001-20260410 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260410/202604102031.foCRIrmZ-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: powerpc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 15.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260410/202604102031.foCRIrmZ-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/202604102031.foCRIrmZ-lkp@intel.com/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   In file included from include/linux/seqlock.h:20,
                    from include/linux/mmzone.h:17,
                    from include/linux/gfp.h:7,
                    from include/linux/umh.h:4,
                    from include/linux/kmod.h:9,
                    from include/linux/module.h:18,
                    from drivers/char/nvram.c:34:
>> drivers/char/nvram.c:56:21: warning: 'nvram_mutex' defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
      56 | static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvram_mutex);
         |                     ^~~~~~~~~~~
   include/linux/mutex.h:87:22: note: in definition of macro 'DEFINE_MUTEX'
      87 |         struct mutex mutexname = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(mutexname)
         |                      ^~~~~~~~~


vim +/nvram_mutex +56 drivers/char/nvram.c

^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  55  
613655fa39ff69 Arnd Bergmann  2010-06-02 @56  static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvram_mutex);
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  57  static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nvram_state_lock);
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  58  static int nvram_open_cnt;	/* #times opened */
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  59  static int nvram_open_mode;	/* special open modes */
d5bbb5021ce8d9 Finn Thain     2019-01-15  60  static ssize_t nvram_size;
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  61  #define NVRAM_WRITE		1 /* opened for writing (exclusive) */
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  62  #define NVRAM_EXCL		2 /* opened with O_EXCL */
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  63  

:::::: The code at line 56 was first introduced by commit
:::::: 613655fa39ff6957754fa8ceb8559980920eb8ee drivers: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex

:::::: TO: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
:::::: CC: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

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