On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 11:43:59PM +0530, Srinivasarao Pathipati wrote:
> Making show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread() function as 'inline' to
> fix below compilation error.
> This is applicable to only 5.10 kernels as code got modified
> in latest kernels.
>
> In file included from kernel/rcu/update.c:579:0:
> kernel/rcu/tasks.h:710:13: error: ‘show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread’ defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
> static void show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread(void) {}
>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivasarao Pathipati <quic_c_spathi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
> index 8b51e6a..53ddb4e 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
> @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static void show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread(void)
> #endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_TINY_RCU */
>
> #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RUDE_RCU */
> -static void show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread(void) {}
> +static inline void show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread(void) {}
> #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RUDE_RCU */
>
> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> --
> 2.7.4
>
What commit id caused this problem?
And why isn't it an issue in newer kernels, what commit id fixed it and
why can't we just take that instead?
thanks,
greg k-h
