Re: [PATCH] sched/cputime: Mark function as __maybe_unused

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Tue Aug 18 2020 - 14:13:32 EST


On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 10:04 AM Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Depending on config options, account_other_time() may not be called
> anywhere. Add __maybe_unused flag to fix clang warning.

Just curious, would moving this definition to be within an existing
preprocessor guard for a particular config also fix the issue? If so,
prefer that. If not, __maybe_unused is the way to go.

>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/sched/cputime.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/cputime.c b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> index 5a55d2300452..43ede0d6661c 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static __always_inline u64 steal_account_process_time(u64 maxtime)
> /*
> * Account how much elapsed time was spent in steal, irq, or softirq time.
> */
> -static inline u64 account_other_time(u64 max)
> +static inline u64 __maybe_unused account_other_time(u64 max)
> {
> u64 accounted;
>
> --
> 2.28.0
>
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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers