Re: [PATCH v2] drivers: scsi: remove unnecessary #ifdef MODULE

From: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Date: Fri Jun 07 2019 - 17:55:32 EST


On 07.06.19 02:41, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-06-06 at 17:04 +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
> wrote:
>> From: Enrico Weigelt <info@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro already checks for MODULE defined,
>> so the extra check here is not necessary.
>>
>> Changes v2:
>> * make dptids const to fix warning on unused variable
>
> I don't think this works; in my version of gcc, const does not defeat
> the unused variable warning if I try with a test programme:
>
> jejb@jarvis:~> gcc -Wunused-variable -c test1.c
> test1.c:3:18: warning: âiâ defined but not used [-Wunused-cons
> t-variable=]
> static const int i[] = { 1, 2, 3};

Which gcc version are you using ?
Could you please have a try w/ the kernel (plus my patch) ?

Tested w/ 6.3.0-18+deb9u1 (stretch-amd64), got no warnings.


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