Re: [PATCH 3/3] rt-tests: Remove unused status variable

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On 03/21/2012 06:35 AM, John Kacur wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The status variable is not used. Remove it and avoid the warning from gcc.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Clark Williams <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: John Kacur <jkacur@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  src/pi_tests/pi_stress.c |    3 +--
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/pi_tests/pi_stress.c b/src/pi_tests/pi_stress.c
>> index 0940567..b89dec8 100644
>> --- a/src/pi_tests/pi_stress.c
>> +++ b/src/pi_tests/pi_stress.c
>> @@ -596,10 +596,9 @@ void *reporter(void *arg)
>>
>>  int verify_cpu(int cpu)
>>  {
>> -       int status;
>>        cpu_set_t mask;
>>
>> -       status = sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &mask);
>> +       sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &mask);
>>
>>        if (CPU_ISSET(cpu, &mask))
>>                return SUCCESS;
>> --
> 
> Don't you think it would be smarter to test the return status of
> sched_getaffinity, than to shut-up the warning by removing the status
> variable? I say we leave the variable in to remind us that we're not
> finished.
> 

My view was that rather than test status, we are testing the cpu mask
explicitly. That should pick up any error.

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel
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