On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 05:19:18PM +0800, zhong jiang wrote: > On 2018/9/17 16:59, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 04:53:31PM +0800, zhong jiang wrote: > >> +to Greg and Andrew. > >> > >> On 2018/9/16 22:31, zhong jiang wrote: > >>> Fix the following compile warning: > >>> > >>> drivers/interconnect/core.c:26:23: warning: 'icc_debugfs_dir' defined but > >>> not used [-Wunused-variable] > >>> static struct dentry *icc_debugfs_dir; > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongji...@huawei.com> > >>> --- > >>> drivers/interconnect/core.c | 3 +++ > > This file is not in a released tree, where are you seeing it? > I see it in linux-next.
Then please contact the owner of the branch where it came from. They are the only ones that can handle such a patch, not anyone else. > >>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > >>> > >>> diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/core.c b/drivers/interconnect/core.c > >>> index 2740f1a..9ea9959 100644 > >>> --- a/drivers/interconnect/core.c > >>> +++ b/drivers/interconnect/core.c > >>> @@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ > >>> static DEFINE_IDR(icc_idr); > >>> static LIST_HEAD(icc_provider_list); > >>> static DEFINE_MUTEX(icc_lock); > >>> + > >>> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS > >>> static struct dentry *icc_debugfs_dir; > >>> +#endif > > Why not move the variable to where it is used? It should be able to go > > under an existing #ifdef section, right? > Because the variable need to be used in __init and __exit. So it should be > identified as > a gloabl variable. I fix it under the #ifdef condition. If the variable is being used this way, then the code is written incorrectly, such an #ifdef should not be needed for any debugfs calls/variables. thanks, greg k-h