On Dec 21 2006 14:53, Joe Perches wrote: >On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 21:52 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/30/208 > >@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ static int acpi_battery_add(struct acpi_ > battery->init_state = 1; > } > >- (void)sprintf(dir_name, ACPI_BATTERY_DIR_NAME, id); >+ sprintf(dir_name, ACPI_BATTERY_DIR_NAME, id); > >These casts can eliminate "return value unused" warnings.
But only when functions are tagged __must_check, and sprintf is not. cmpxchg is one where (void) is 'needed', __as I wrote__ in a cxgb3 comment. After applying this patch, there are no additional warnings: 00:19 ichi:/erk/kernel/linux-2.6.20-rc1 > make drivers/acpi/sbs.o CHK include/linux/version.h CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h CC [M] drivers/acpi/sbs.o 00:21 ichi:/erk/kernel/linux-2.6.20-rc1 > grep MUST .config CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK=y akpm, please include. --- Remove some unnecessary (void) casts. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: linux-2.6.20-rc1/drivers/acpi/sbs.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.20-rc1.orig/drivers/acpi/sbs.c +++ linux-2.6.20-rc1/drivers/acpi/sbs.c @@ -1160,14 +1160,14 @@ acpi_battery_write_alarm(struct file *fi if (result) { ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR, "acpi_battery_set_alarm() failed\n")); - (void)acpi_battery_set_alarm(battery, old_alarm); + acpi_battery_set_alarm(battery, old_alarm); goto end; } result = acpi_battery_get_alarm(battery); if (result) { ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR, "acpi_battery_get_alarm() failed\n")); - (void)acpi_battery_set_alarm(battery, old_alarm); + acpi_battery_set_alarm(battery, old_alarm); goto end; } @@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ static int acpi_battery_add(struct acpi_ battery->init_state = 1; } - (void)sprintf(dir_name, ACPI_BATTERY_DIR_NAME, id); + sprintf(dir_name, ACPI_BATTERY_DIR_NAME, id); result = acpi_sbs_generic_add_fs(&battery->battery_entry, acpi_battery_dir, @@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ static int acpi_sbs_update_run(struct ac } if (old_battery_present != new_battery_present) { - (void)sprintf(dir_name, ACPI_BATTERY_DIR_NAME, id); + sprintf(dir_name, ACPI_BATTERY_DIR_NAME, id); result = acpi_sbs_generate_event(sbs->device, ACPI_SBS_BATTERY_NOTIFY_STATUS, new_battery_present, @@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ static int acpi_sbs_update_run(struct ac } } if (old_remaining_capacity != battery->state.remaining_capacity) { - (void)sprintf(dir_name, ACPI_BATTERY_DIR_NAME, id); + sprintf(dir_name, ACPI_BATTERY_DIR_NAME, id); result = acpi_sbs_generate_event(sbs->device, ACPI_SBS_BATTERY_NOTIFY_STATUS, new_battery_present, - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/