On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 21:10, Justin P. Mattock
<justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/19/2010 01:08 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 07:04, Justin P. Mattock
>> <justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Also wrong, you removed the creation of the links in sysfs.
>>>>
>>>> The assignment to nowarn was there to avoid another compiler warning,
>>>> as sysfs_create_link() is marked __must_check.
>>>
>>> I also went back to this one and made the following changes.. let me know
>>> if
>>> it's wrong etc..
>>>
>>> From 4f45beed80627d2bb32fb021bb6d22d88089557b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Justin P. Mattock<justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:01:07 -0700
>>> Subject: [PATCH 5/5] module.c
>>> Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock<justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> kernel/module.c | 3 +--
>>> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
>>> index 8c6b428..48fc5c8 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/module.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/module.c
>>> @@ -1340,11 +1340,10 @@ static void add_usage_links(struct module *mod)
>>> {
>>> #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
>>> struct module_use *use;
>>> - int nowarn;
>>>
>>> mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
>>> list_for_each_entry(use,&mod->target_list, target_list) {
>>> - nowarn = sysfs_create_link(use->target->holders_dir,
>>> + sysfs_create_link(use->target->holders_dir,
>>> &mod->mkobj.kobj, mod->name);
>>> }
>>> mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
>>> --
>>> 1.7.1.rc1.21.gf3bd6
>>>
>>> if it looks good, then I can resend it out.
>>
>> Have you compile-tested this?
>> As sysfs_create_link() is marked __must_check, that will cause another
>> compiler
>> warning, but only if CONFIG_SYSFS=y.
>>
>> Perhaps you can just mark the nowarn variable __unused?
>
>
> o.k. this builds cleanly without a warning, but is it the right thing todo?
> i.g. rather leave the warning message there and file a bug than just silence
> the issue. Anyways here is what I have:
>
> From edbeb2b1ee051218f9e5b93fcb8bbdbf1119a6e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:07:32 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH 5/5] module.c
> Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> kernel/module.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> index 8c6b428..765bac5 100644
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ static void add_usage_links(struct module *mod)
> {
> #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
> struct module_use *use;
> - int nowarn;
> + int nowarn __attribute__((unused));
The `__attribute__((unused))' should be `__used'.
>
> mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
> list_for_each_entry(use, &mod->target_list, target_list) {
> --
> 1.7.1.rc1.21.gf3bd6
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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