With GCC-4.6 we get warnings about things being 'set but not used'. In load_elf_binary() this can happen with reloc_func_desc if ELF_PLAT_INIT is defined, but doesn't use the reloc_func_desc argument. Quiet the warning/error by marking reloc_func_desc as __maybe_unused. Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c index d5b640b..b2fae009 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs) unsigned long elf_entry; unsigned long interp_load_addr = 0; unsigned long start_code, end_code, start_data, end_data; - unsigned long reloc_func_desc = 0; + unsigned long reloc_func_desc __maybe_unused = 0; int executable_stack = EXSTACK_DEFAULT; unsigned long def_flags = 0; struct { -- 1.7.2.3