Re: [PATCH] ALSA: ymfpci: remove unused snd_ymfpci_readb function

[Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>]

On 3/19/23 4:34 PM, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 09:09:22AM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 14:27:08 +0100,
>> Tom Rix wrote:
>>> clang with W=1 reports
>>> sound/pci/ymfpci/ymfpci_main.c:34:18: error:
>>>    unused function 'snd_ymfpci_readb' [-Werror,-Wunused-function]
>>> static inline u8 snd_ymfpci_readb(struct snd_ymfpci *chip, u32 offset)
>>>                   ^
>>> This static function is not used, so remove it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
>> I applied now, but still wondering why it warns at all even if it's a
>> static inline function...
> See commit 6863f5643dd7 ("kbuild: allow Clang to find unused static
> inline functions for W=1 build") for some more information. The key part
> of the commit message is 'with W=1', this will not happen with a normal
> clang build.

IMO from this general cleanup, being at W=1, is the correct location.

There many functions that could be removed and some that should not be.

Tom

>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
>>> ---
>>>   sound/pci/ymfpci/ymfpci_main.c | 5 -----
>>>   1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/sound/pci/ymfpci/ymfpci_main.c b/sound/pci/ymfpci/ymfpci_main.c
>>> index c80114c0ad7b..2858736ed20a 100644
>>> --- a/sound/pci/ymfpci/ymfpci_main.c
>>> +++ b/sound/pci/ymfpci/ymfpci_main.c
>>> @@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
>>>   
>>>   static void snd_ymfpci_irq_wait(struct snd_ymfpci *chip);
>>>   
>>> -static inline u8 snd_ymfpci_readb(struct snd_ymfpci *chip, u32 offset)
>>> -{
>>> -	return readb(chip->reg_area_virt + offset);
>>> -}
>>> -
>>>   static inline void snd_ymfpci_writeb(struct snd_ymfpci *chip, u32 offset, u8 val)
>>>   {
>>>   	writeb(val, chip->reg_area_virt + offset);
>>> -- 
>>> 2.27.0
>>>