Hi Bill, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on scsi/for-next] [also build test WARNING on linux/master driver-core/driver-core-testing mkp-scsi/for-next ipvs/master linus/master v5.14-rc1 next-20210714] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Bill-Wendling/Fix-clang-Wunused-but-set-variable-warnings/20210714-172029 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi.git for-next config: powerpc-redwood_defconfig (attached as .config) compiler: powerpc-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/f6c4b007fc8c907719d883faae424f2cf3bb100c git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Bill-Wendling/Fix-clang-Wunused-but-set-variable-warnings/20210714-172029 git checkout f6c4b007fc8c907719d883faae424f2cf3bb100c # save the attached .config to linux build tree COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.3.0 make.cross ARCH=powerpc 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, 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, driver_name); 66 kfree(driver_name); 67 } 68 } 69 --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org