Re:Re: [PATCH v2] kexec: fix warnig of crash_zero_bytes in crash.c

["Tiezhu Yang" <kernelpatch@126.com>]

At 2019-06-24 09:53:59, "Dave Young" <dyoung@redhat.com> wrote:
>On 06/24/19 at 09:35am, Dave Young wrote:
>> On 06/23/19 at 06:24am, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
>> > Fix the following sparse warning:
>> > 
>> > arch/x86/kernel/crash.c:59:15:
>> > warning: symbol 'crash_zero_bytes' was not declared. Should it be static?
>> > 
>> > First, make crash_zero_bytes static. In addition, crash_zero_bytes
>> > is used when CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE is set, so make it only available
>> > under CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE. Otherwise, if CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE is not set,
>> > the following warning will appear when make crash_zero_bytes static:
>> > 
>> > arch/x86/kernel/crash.c:59:22:
>> > warning: ‘crash_zero_bytes’ defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
>> > 
>> > Fixes: dd5f726076cc ("kexec: support for kexec on panic using new system call")
>> > Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <kernelpatch@126.com>
>> > Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
>> > ---
>> >  arch/x86/kernel/crash.c | 4 +++-
>> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> > 
>> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
>> > index 576b2e1..f13480e 100644
>> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
>> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
>> > @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ struct crash_memmap_data {
>> >   */
>> >  crash_vmclear_fn __rcu *crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss = NULL;
>> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss);
>> > -unsigned long crash_zero_bytes;
>> > +#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE
>> > +static unsigned long crash_zero_bytes;
>> > +#endif
>> >  
>> >  static inline void cpu_crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss(void)
>> >  {
>> > -- 
>> > 1.8.3.1
>> 
>> Acked-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
>
>BTW, a soft reminder, for kexec patches, it would be better to cc kexec mail
>list.

Thank you for reminding me of that, I will resend it with a Cc to kexec@lists.infradead.org.

Thanks,

>
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Dave
>>