Hi Baokun, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on next-20210526] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Baokun-Li/driver-core-Remove-set-but-not-used-variable-no_warn/20210527-170758 base: f6b46ef27317b3441138b902689bd89e4f82c6f4 config: um-x86_64_defconfig (attached as .config) compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/c41d30a4b7791bb76211dd1ddb7b467d555ad596 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Baokun-Li/driver-core-Remove-set-but-not-used-variable-no_warn/20210527-170758 git checkout c41d30a4b7791bb76211dd1ddb7b467d555ad596 # save the attached .config to linux build tree make W=1 ARCH=um SUBARCH=x86_64 If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>): drivers/base/module.c: In function 'module_add_driver': >> drivers/base/module.c:61:2: warning: ignoring return value of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result] 61 | sysfs_create_link(&drv->p->kobj, &mk->kobj, "module"); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drivers/base/module.c:65:3: warning: ignoring return value of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result] 65 | sysfs_create_link(mk->drivers_dir, &drv->p->kobj, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 66 | driver_name); | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ vim +/sysfs_create_link +61 drivers/base/module.c 32 33 void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv) 34 { 35 char *driver_name; 36 struct module_kobject *mk = NULL; 37 38 if (!drv) 39 return; 40 41 if (mod) 42 mk = &mod->mkobj; 43 else if (drv->mod_name) { 44 struct kobject *mkobj; 45 46 /* Lookup built-in module entry in /sys/modules */ 47 mkobj = kset_find_obj(module_kset, drv->mod_name); 48 if (mkobj) { 49 mk = container_of(mkobj, struct module_kobject, kobj); 50 /* remember our module structure */ 51 drv->p->mkobj = mk; 52 /* kset_find_obj took a reference */ 53 kobject_put(mkobj); 54 } 55 } 56 57 if (!mk) 58 return; 59 60 /* Don't check return codes; these calls are idempotent */ > 61 sysfs_create_link(&drv->p->kobj, &mk->kobj, "module"); 62 driver_name = make_driver_name(drv); 63 if (driver_name) { 64 module_create_drivers_dir(mk); 65 sysfs_create_link(mk->drivers_dir, &drv->p->kobj, 66 driver_name); 67 kfree(driver_name); 68 } 69 } 70 --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org