Re: [PATCH -next] x86: Fix unused variable 'msr_val' warning

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 10:43:02AM +0800, Xu Yihang wrote:
> Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
> arch/x86/hyperv/hv_spinlock.c:28:16: warning: variable ‘msr_val’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>   unsigned long msr_val;
> 
> As Hypervisor Top-Level Functional Specification states in chapter 7.5 Virtual Processor Idle Sleep State, "A partition which possesses the AccessGuestIdleMsr privilege (refer to section 4.2.2) may trigger entry into the virtual processor idle sleep state through a read to the hypervisor-defined MSR HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_IDLE". That means only a read is necessary, msr_val is not uesed, so potentially cast to void in order to silent this warning.
> 
> Reference:
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/reference/tlfs
> 
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Xu Yihang <xuyihang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to hyperv-next. Thanks.



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Samsung SoC]     [Linux Rockchip SoC]     [Linux Actions SoC]     [Linux for Synopsys ARC Processors]     [Linux NFS]     [Linux NILFS]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]


  Powered by Linux