usage of apis like u32_replace_bits() without actually catching the return
value could hide problems without any warning!
Found this with recent usage of this api in SoundWire!
Having __must_check annotation would really catch this issues in future!
Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandaga...@linaro.org>
---
include/linux/bitfield.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/bitfield.h b/include/linux/bitfield.h
index 4e035aca6f7e..eb4f69253946 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitfield.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitfield.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static __always_inline __##type type##_encode_bits(base v,
base field) \
__field_overflow(); \
return to((v & field_mask(field)) * field_multiplier(field)); \
} \
-static __always_inline __##type type##_replace_bits(__##type old, \
+static __always_inline __must_check __##type type##_replace_bits(__##type old,
\
base val, base field) \
{ \
return (old & ~to(field)) | type##_encode_bits(val, field); \
--
2.21.0
