Since the value of x is never intended to be read, declare it with gcc attribute as unused. Fix warning treated as error with W=1:
arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c:471:21: error: variable ‘x’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable] Signed-off-by: Mathieu Malaterre <ma...@debian.org> --- v2: move x variable within its local scope arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c index c3c9bbb3573a..d44e8571c1ec 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ void __init bootx_init(unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4) boot_infos_t *bi = (boot_infos_t *) r4; unsigned long hdr; unsigned long space; - unsigned long ptr, x; + unsigned long ptr; char *model; unsigned long offset = reloc_offset(); @@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ void __init bootx_init(unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4) * MMU switched OFF, so this should not be useful anymore. */ if (bi->version < 4) { + unsigned long x __maybe_unused; bootx_printf("Touching pages...\n"); /* -- 2.11.0