Re: attribute warn_unused_result

[Con Kolivas]

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 14:23, Con Kolivas wrote:
>
> > Gcc3.4.1 has recently been complaining of a number of unused results 
> > from function with attribute warn_unused_result set. I'm not sure of how 
> > you want to tackle this so I'm avoiding posting patches. Should we 
> > remove the attribute (seems the likely option) or set some dummy 
> > variable (sounds stupid now that I ask it).
>
>
> that attribute is supposed to only be set for functions you really ought
> to check the result for.... so how about checking/using the result ?

I understand the concept... these are functions that seem to work fine 
without using the return value... unless of course the original coders 
aren't yet aware of that fact then I'm sorry. Here's the list just with 
my config on 2.6.9-rc1-bk13:

sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c: In function `snd_seq_read':
sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c:423: warning: ignoring return value of 
`copy_to_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result

fs/binfmt_elf.c: In function `padzero':
fs/binfmt_elf.c:113: warning: ignoring return value of `clear_user', 
declared with attribute warn_unused_result
include/asm/uaccess.h: In function `create_elf_tables':
fs/binfmt_elf.c:175: warning: ignoring return value of `__copy_to_user', 
declared with attribute warn_unused_result
fs/binfmt_elf.c:273: warning: ignoring return value of `copy_to_user', 
declared with attribute warn_unused_result
fs/binfmt_elf.c: In function `load_elf_binary':
fs/binfmt_elf.c:750: warning: ignoring return value of `clear_user', 
declared with attribute warn_unused_result
fs/binfmt_elf.c: In function `fill_psinfo':
fs/binfmt_elf.c:1216: warning: ignoring return value of 
`copy_from_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result

net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c: In function `ipv6_flowlabel_opt':
net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c:541: warning: ignoring return value of 
`copy_to_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result

net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c: In function `do_replace':
net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c:1133: warning: ignoring return value of 
`copy_to_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result

net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c: In function `do_replace':
net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c:952: warning: ignoring return value of 
`copy_to_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result


Con

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