From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> None of the CRC library functions use __pure anymore, so the comment in crc_benchmark() is outdated. But the comment was not really correct anyway, since the CRC computation could (in principle) be optimized out regardless of __pure. Update the comment to have a proper explanation. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/crc_kunit.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/crc_kunit.c b/lib/crc_kunit.c index 40b4b41f2184..d5a5045fd9ab 100644 --- a/lib/crc_kunit.c +++ b/lib/crc_kunit.c @@ -222,12 +222,13 @@ crc_benchmark(struct kunit *test, static const size_t lens_to_test[] = { 1, 16, 64, 127, 128, 200, 256, 511, 512, 1024, 3173, 4096, 16384, }; size_t len, i, j, num_iters; /* - * Some of the CRC library functions are marked as __pure, so use - * volatile to ensure that all calls are really made as intended. + * The CRC value that this function computes in a series of calls to + * crc_func is never actually used, so use volatile to ensure that the + * computations are done as intended and don't all get optimized out. */ volatile u64 crc = 0; u64 t; if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRC_BENCHMARK)) base-commit: 13f3d13d88b5dcba104a204fcbee61c75f8407d0 -- 2.48.1