Re: [PATCH rdma-rc] RDMA/netlink: Annotate unused function that is needed for compilation check

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 04:20:31PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 08:48:39AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 02:47:19PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 08:36:39AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Nov 07, 2021 at 08:40:47AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > > > From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > > >> drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:2543:1: warning: unused function '__chk_RDMA_NL_NLDEV'
> > > > >    MODULE_ALIAS_RDMA_NETLINK(RDMA_NL_NLDEV, 5);
> > > > >    ^
> > > > > 
> > > > > Fixes: e3bf14bdc17a ("rdma: Autoload netlink client modules")
> > > > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
> > > > >  include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h | 2 +-
> > > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
> > > > > index 2758d9df71ee..c2a79aeee113 100644
> > > > > +++ b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
> > > > > @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ enum rdma_nl_flags {
> > > > >   * constant as well and the compiler checks they are the same.
> > > > >   */
> > > > >  #define MODULE_ALIAS_RDMA_NETLINK(_index, _val)                                \
> > > > > -	static inline void __chk_##_index(void)                                \
> > > > > +	static inline void __maybe_unused __chk_##_index(void)                 \
> > > > >  	{                                                                      \
> > > > >  		BUILD_BUG_ON(_index != _val);                                  \
> > > > >  	}                                                                      \
> > > > 
> > > > This is a compiler bug, static inline should never need maybe_unsed
> > > 
> > > I saw many examples like this in arch code.
> > > For example, commit 4ac214574d2d ("KVM: MMU: mark role_regs and role accessors as maybe unused")
> > > 
> > > It is better to fix and forget instead of trying to fix clang.
> > 
> > "Because clang reports warnings for unused inlines declared in a .c file,
> > mark both sets of accessors as __maybe_unused."
> > 
> > Yikes, what a thing to do.
> 
> Jason,
> 
> I don't see this patch in the tree and patchworks status says that it is "new".
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-rdma/patch/4a8101919b765e01d7fde6f27fd572c958deeb4a.1636267207.git.leonro@nvidia.com/
> 
> Should I do anything extra to progress with this patch?

It is merge window, I'm not doing anything with patches until rc1
unless it is an emergency and a random clang failure on mips isn't
an emergency.

Jason