On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 12:13:06PM +0100, Varka Bhadram wrote: > On 06/18/2014 03:25 PM, Mark Rutland wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:26:16AM +0100, Varka Bhadram wrote: > >> +static int cc2520_probe(struct spi_device *spi) > >> +{ > >> + struct cc2520_private *priv; > >> + struct pinctrl *pinctrl; > >> + struct cc2520_platform_data *pdata; > >> + struct device_node __maybe_unused *np = spi->dev.of_node; > >> > >> This looks to be definitely unused rather than __maybe_unused. There are > >> no other occuences of "np" in this function. > >> > >> This macro defined like this. > >> #define __maybe_unused __attribute__((unused)) > > Sure, but that's irrelevant. There's absolutely no point in this > > variable existing at all, and it can simply disappear. > > > > Mark. > > If we don't use that macro the compiler triggers warnings saying that: warning: unused variable ‘np’ [-Wunused-variable] Then drop the _variable_, not just the annotation. Mark. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html