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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
	Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] x86/cpu: Mark flag_is_changeable_p() with __maybe_unused
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 08:35:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e08e8add-7e4b-4a87-adb4-b6f843752bec@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240905170308.260067-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

On 9/5/24 10:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> When flag_is_changeable_p() is unused, it prevents kernel builds
> with clang, `make W=1` and CONFIG_WERROR=y:
> 
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:351:19: error: unused function 'flag_is_changeable_p' [-Werror,-Wunused-function]
>   351 | static inline int flag_is_changeable_p(u32 flag)
>       |                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Fix this by marking it with __maybe_unused (both cases for the sake of
> symmetry).
> 
> See also commit 6863f5643dd7 ("kbuild: allow Clang to find unused static
> inline functions for W=1 build").

Maybe something like this:

	http://hansen.beer/~dave/intel/onelessifdef.patch

I assume the inlines were there to suppress the "unused" warnings in the
first place.  So, let's just 'use' them unconditionally and leave it up
to the compiler to figure it out.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-09-09 15:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-05 17:02 [PATCH v2 1/1] x86/cpu: Mark flag_is_changeable_p() with __maybe_unused Andy Shevchenko
2024-09-09 15:35 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2024-09-09 15:43   ` Andy Shevchenko

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