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[Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/

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From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 5:30 am

Fix two kind of defined-but-not-used warnings.


One is due to defination of MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE, the

other is due to __devexit_p. The solution is just to

add proper directives to protect those usages.


Compile tests passed.


Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>


---


diff --git a/drivers/char/applicom.c b/drivers/char/applicom.c

index 1f0b752..247bc16 100644

--- a/drivers/char/applicom.c

+++ b/drivers/char/applicom.c

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static char *applicom_pci_devnames[] = {

 	"PCI2000PFB"

 };


+#ifdef MODULE

 static struct pci_device_id applicom_pci_tbl[] = {

 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLICOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLICOM_PCIGENERIC,

 	  PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 0 },

@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ static struct pci_device_id applicom_pci_tbl[] = {

 	  PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 0 },

 	{ 0 }

 };

+#endif

+

 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, applicom_pci_tbl);


 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Woodhouse & Applicom International");

diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink.c b/drivers/char/synclink.c

index 905d1f5..2009dc9 100644

--- a/drivers/char/synclink.c

+++ b/drivers/char/synclink.c

@@ -897,7 +897,9 @@ static char *driver_version = "$Revision: 4.38 $";


 static int synclink_init_one (struct pci_dev *dev,

 				     const struct pci_device_id *ent);

+#if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)

 static void synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev);

+#endif


 static struct pci_device_id synclink_pci_tbl[] = {

 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_MICROGATE, PCI_DEVICE_ID_MICROGATE_USC, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, },

@@ -8166,7 +8168,8 @@ static int __devinit synclink_init_one (struct pci_dev *dev,

 	return 0;

 }


+#if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)

 static void __devexit synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev)

 {

 }

-

+#endif

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c b/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c

index 16413e5..635f651 100644

--- a/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c

+++ b/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c

@@ -2046,6 +2046,7 @@ static irqreturn_t hifn_inte...
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From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>
To: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 5:57 am

Hi WANG.


As replacement for the above I would prefer som kind of annotation

so we can drop the symbol at linker time.


where we have:

#ifdef MODULE

#define __moduseddata  __section(.module.data)

#define __modusedconst __section(.module.rodata)

#define __modused      __section(.module.text)

#else

#define __moduseddata  __section(.discard.data)

#define __modusedconst __section(.discard.rodata)

#define __modused      __section(.discard.text)

#endif


And we can then discard the symbols as we do for

__initdata today.


This function is properly annotated and __devexit_p() is used

so it should not generate a warning.


The root casue is that __devexit is defined to nothing in the

#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG case - it should have been defined as

#define __devexit __used

if MODULE was not defined.


This is the better fix for these kind of warnings.

For the latter I have fixed this in kbuild.git.

So we are only left with the DEVICE_MOD_TABLE issue.


	Sam

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From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>
To: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 6:21 am

Looking a bit closer the above is rubbish.

We have:

#if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)

#define __devexit_p(x) x

#else

#define __devexit_p(x) NULL


so the pointer to the function is used in

both cases.


Could you drop me the config that produces the warning

and the warning message.


Thanks,

	Sam

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From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>
Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 6:26 am

I think in the latter case, 'x' is not used, just


Of course. Attached.


Regards.
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From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>
Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 6:15 am

Sure.


Such as this one:


drivers/char/applicom.c:68: warning: ‘applicom_pci_tbl’ defined but not used


Others are similar.


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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>
To: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 5:55 am

Quite strange -- due to __devexit_p() and the __devexit marker, ifdefs

should not be needed.


I would look into why that isn't working as designed in these cases...


	Jeff


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From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>
Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 3:17 pm

I checked up on the synclink.c warning.

We have the following code:


static void synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev);


...


static struct pci_driver synclink_pci_driver = {

        .remove         = __devexit_p(synclink_remove_one),

};


...


static void __devexit synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev)

{

}


And I double checked the preprocessed source to check

that we applied the __attribute__((__used__)) to the function.


Investigating a bit more I realized that gcc looses the

__used__ attribution due to the prototype.

So there are two correct fixes:

a) move the function up so we do not need the forward

   declaration

b) add a __devexit to the forward decalration too.


I strongly prefer the first version and this is the

correct fix for these cases.


Do we have a gcc bug here - I did not see a definitive answer in gcc docs?


	Sam

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From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>, WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: (Updated) [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 12:15 am

Here is the updated version.


---->


Fix defined-but-not-used warnings from files under drivers/,

such as:


drivers/char/applicom.c:68: warning: ‘applicom_pci_tbl’ defined but not used


Compile tests passed.


Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>

Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>

Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>


---


diff --git a/drivers/char/applicom.c b/drivers/char/applicom.c

index 1f0b752..97171ad 100644

--- a/drivers/char/applicom.c

+++ b/drivers/char/applicom.c

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static char *applicom_pci_devnames[] = {

 	"PCI2000PFB"

 };


-static struct pci_device_id applicom_pci_tbl[] = {

+static struct pci_device_id applicom_pci_tbl[] __used = {

 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLICOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLICOM_PCIGENERIC,

 	  PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 0 },

 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLICOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLICOM_PCI2000IBS_CAN,

diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink.c b/drivers/char/synclink.c

index 905d1f5..ae1f565 100644

--- a/drivers/char/synclink.c

+++ b/drivers/char/synclink.c

@@ -897,7 +897,6 @@ static char *driver_version = "$Revision: 4.38 $";


 static int synclink_init_one (struct pci_dev *dev,

 				     const struct pci_device_id *ent);

-static void synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev);


 static struct pci_device_id synclink_pci_tbl[] = {

 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_MICROGATE, PCI_DEVICE_ID_MICROGATE_USC, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, },

@@ -908,6 +907,10 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, synclink_pci_tbl);


 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");


+static void __devexit synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev)

+{

+}

+

 static struct pci_driver synclink_pci_driver = {

 	.name		= "synclink",

 	.id_table	= synclink_pci_tbl,

@@ -8166,7 +8169,3 @@ static int __devinit synclink_init_one (struct pci_dev *dev,

 	return 0;

 }


-static void __devexit synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev)

-{

-}

-

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c b/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c

index dfbf24c..f33f82a 100644

--- a/driver...
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From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>
To: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: (Updated) [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 5:21 am

Hi WANG.


Thanks for chasing these annoying warnings - it is

good to keep the warning level low so we keep


It is preferable to have the forward declaration unconditional


Moving the aty_resume_chip() function down just above

atyfb_pci_resume() would put in in the same #if/#endif

block and you can kill the forward declaration too.

Did you try that out?


I could not spot any obvious reason why it should not work,

but I did not try it out.


	Sam

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From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>
Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: (Try#3) [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:49 am

Yes, it works.


Here's the updated patch, and I dropped the drivers/char/applicom.c

part as Jiri Slaby has better fix.


------->


Fix defined-but-not-used warnings from files under drivers/,

such as:


drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c:2713: warning: ‘aty_resume_chip’ defined but not used


Compile tests passed.


Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>

Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>

Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>


---


diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink.c b/drivers/char/synclink.c

index 905d1f5..ae1f565 100644

--- a/drivers/char/synclink.c

+++ b/drivers/char/synclink.c

@@ -897,7 +897,6 @@ static char *driver_version = "$Revision: 4.38 $";


 static int synclink_init_one (struct pci_dev *dev,

 				     const struct pci_device_id *ent);

-static void synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev);


 static struct pci_device_id synclink_pci_tbl[] = {

 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_MICROGATE, PCI_DEVICE_ID_MICROGATE_USC, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, },

@@ -908,6 +907,10 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, synclink_pci_tbl);


 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");


+static void __devexit synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev)

+{

+}

+

 static struct pci_driver synclink_pci_driver = {

 	.name		= "synclink",

 	.id_table	= synclink_pci_tbl,

@@ -8166,7 +8169,3 @@ static int __devinit synclink_init_one (struct pci_dev *dev,

 	return 0;

 }


-static void __devexit synclink_remove_one (struct pci_dev *dev)

-{

-}

-

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c b/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c

index dfbf24c..f33f82a 100644

--- a/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c

+++ b/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c

@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ err_out_disable_pci_device:

 	return err;

 }


-static void hifn_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)

+static void __devexit hifn_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)

 {

 	int i;

 	struct hifn_device *dev;

diff --git a/drivers/telephony/ixj.c b/drivers/telephony/ixj.c

index 49cd979..1549c0b 100644

--- a/...
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From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>, <dwmw2@...>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...>, WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Char: applicom, use pci_match_id
Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 7:13 am

Instead of testing hardcoded values, use pci_match_id to reference the

pci_device_id table. Sideways, it allows easy new additions to the table.


Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>

Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>

---

 drivers/char/applicom.c |   15 ++++-----------

 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)


diff --git a/drivers/char/applicom.c b/drivers/char/applicom.c

index b0bb71b..64bf71c 100644

--- a/drivers/char/applicom.c

+++ b/drivers/char/applicom.c

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@

 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLICOM_PCI2000IBS_CAN 0x0002

 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLICOM_PCI2000PFB     0x0003

 #endif

-#define MAX_PCI_DEVICE_NUM 3


 static char *applicom_pci_devnames[] = {

 	"PCI board",

@@ -66,12 +65,9 @@ static char *applicom_pci_devnames[] = {

 };


 static struct pci_device_id applicom_pci_tbl[] = {

-	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLICOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLICOM_PCIGENERIC,

-	  PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 0 },

-	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLICOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLICOM_PCI2000IBS_CAN,

-	  PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 0 },

-	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLICOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLICOM_PCI2000PFB,

-	  PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, 0 },

+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(APPLICOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLICOM_PCIGENERIC) },

+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(APPLICOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLICOM_PCI2000IBS_CAN) },

+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(APPLICOM, PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLICOM_PCI2000PFB) },

 	{ 0 }

 };

 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, applicom_pci_tbl);

@@ -197,10 +193,7 @@ static int __init applicom_init(void)


 	while ( (dev = pci_get_class(PCI_CLASS_OTHERS << 16, dev))) {


-		if (dev->vendor != PCI_VENDOR_ID_APPLICOM)

-			continue;

-

-		if (dev->device  > MAX_PCI_DEVICE_NUM || dev->device == 0)

+		if (!pci_match_id(applicom_pci_tbl, dev));

 			continue;


 		if (pci_enable_device(dev))

--

1.5.3.8


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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>, <dwmw2@...>, <jirislaby@...>, <xiyou.wangcong@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Char: applicom, use pci_match_id
Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 7:10 pm

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:13:15 +0100


The patch was carelessly prepared, was not runtine-tested and was not

passed through checkpatch, which detects this error.  Please fix these

things, permanently.


It's hard to overemphasise how out-of-balance the economics are here.  You

saved maybe thirty person-seconds by skipping the review and checkpatch

steps.  But the cost (if this bug had gone into mainline) would be many

many thousands times higher than this.

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From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>, <dwmw2@...>, <xiyou.wangcong@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Char: applicom, use pci_match_id
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 5:26 am

Yes, you're right, I definitely need to change my workflow, this needn't happen.

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From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>, <dwmw2@...>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Char: applicom, use pci_resource_start
Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 7:13 am

Use pci_resource_start instead of accessing pci_dev struct internals.


Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>

---

 drivers/char/applicom.c |    9 +++++----

 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)


diff --git a/drivers/char/applicom.c b/drivers/char/applicom.c

index 1f0b752..b0bb71b 100644

--- a/drivers/char/applicom.c

+++ b/drivers/char/applicom.c

@@ -206,22 +206,23 @@ static int __init applicom_init(void)

 		if (pci_enable_device(dev))

 			return -EIO;


-		RamIO = ioremap(dev->resource[0].start, LEN_RAM_IO);

+		RamIO = ioremap(pci_resource_start(dev, 0), LEN_RAM_IO);


 		if (!RamIO) {

 			printk(KERN_INFO "ac.o: Failed to ioremap PCI memory "

 				"space at 0x%llx\n",

-				(unsigned long long)dev->resource[0].start);

+				(unsigned long long)pci_resource_start(dev, 0));

 			pci_disable_device(dev);

 			return -EIO;

 		}


 		printk(KERN_INFO "Applicom %s found at mem 0x%llx, irq %d\n",

 		       applicom_pci_devnames[dev->device-1],

-			   (unsigned long long)dev->resource[0].start,

+			   (unsigned long long)pci_resource_start(dev, 0),

 		       dev->irq);


-		boardno = ac_register_board(dev->resource[0].start, RamIO,0);

+		boardno = ac_register_board(pci_resource_start(dev, 0),

+				RamIO, 0);

 		if (!boardno) {

 			printk(KERN_INFO "ac.o: PCI Applicom device doesn't have correct signature.\n");

 			iounmap(RamIO);

--

1.5.3.8


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From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...>
To: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: (Updated) [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 5:08 am

I have probably a better fix with pci_match_id() referencing this array.

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From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...>
To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...>
Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...>
Subject: Re: (Updated) [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 5:21 am

Hmm, checking it one more time persuades me that the best fix ever is to convert

it to probing. David, do you have the card?

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From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...>
Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...>
Subject: Re: (Updated) [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:20 am

OK. I will drop this part.


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From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>, WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 10:50 pm

Yes. The only macro we used on synclink_remove_one is __devexit.

It's defination is:


#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG

#define __devexit

#else

#define __devexit __exit

#endif


And __exit is:

#ifdef MODULE

#define __exit          __attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.text"))) __cold

#else

#define __exit          __attribute_used__ __attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.text"))) __cold

#endif


So only when !defined(MODULE) && !defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG),

__attribute_used__ is applied. And this case is just that


Agreed. I will try a).


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From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>
Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 3:30 pm

I have reported it now - follow:

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34985


	Sam

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From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>
Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>, Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 6:18 am

For example, the defination of __devexit_p:


#if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)

#define __devexit_p(x) x

#else

#define __devexit_p(x) NULL

#endif


If !(defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)), __devexit_p

is just a NULL pointer, thus 'x' may be unused although defined.


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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>
To: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...>, LKML <linux-kernel@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Shut up warnings from files under drivers/
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 7:44 am

...and that's the purpose of the __devexit marker on the code itself.


	Jeff


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