Re: [PATCH -next] KVM: x86: remove set but not used variable 'called'

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maowenan <maowenan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 在 2019/11/19 19:58, Vitaly Kuznetsov 写道:
>> Mao Wenan <maowenan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>>> Fixes gcc '-Wunused-but-set-variable' warning:
>>>
>>> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c: In function kvm_make_scan_ioapic_request_mask:
>>> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:7911:7: warning: variable called set but not
>>> used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>>>
>>> It is not used since commit 7ee30bc132c6 ("KVM: x86: deliver KVM
>>> IOAPIC scan request to target vCPUs")
>> 
>> Better expressed as 
>> 
>> Fixes: 7ee30bc132c6 ("KVM: x86: deliver KVM IOAPIC scan request to target vCPUs")
>
> This is just a cleanup, so Fixes tag is no need.
>> 

Just a cleanup -- unless we compile with '-Werror'.

>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mao Wenan <maowenan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 5 ++---
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>>> index 0d0a682..870f0bc 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>>> @@ -7908,12 +7908,11 @@ void kvm_make_scan_ioapic_request_mask(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>  				       unsigned long *vcpu_bitmap)
>>>  {
>>>  	cpumask_var_t cpus;
>>> -	bool called;
>>>  
>>>  	zalloc_cpumask_var(&cpus, GFP_ATOMIC);
>>>  
>>> -	called = kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask(kvm, KVM_REQ_SCAN_IOAPIC,
>>> -					     vcpu_bitmap, cpus);
>>> +	kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask(kvm, KVM_REQ_SCAN_IOAPIC,
>>> +				    vcpu_bitmap, cpus);
>> 
>> IMHO as kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask() returns value it would probably
>> make sense to explicitly show that we're not interested in the result,
>> 
>> (void)kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask()
>
> thanks, but I think is no need to add (void) before kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask()
> because we are not interested in it's return value.

Hm, that's exactly the reason why I suggested adding it there :-) Not a
big deal, feel free to ignore.

-- 
Vitaly





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