From: Andy Shevchenko > Sent: 25 August 2020 09:27 > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 06:09:41PM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote: > > On 24/08/20 16:39, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > Compilation of almost each file ends up with > > > > > > In file included from .../include/linux/energy_model.h:10, > > > from .../include/linux/device.h:16, > > > from .../drivers/spi/spi.c:8: > > > .../include/linux/sched/topology.h:30:27: warning: > > > ‘SD_DEGENERATE_GROUPS_MASK’ defined but not > used [-Wunused-const-variable=] > > > 30 | static const unsigned int SD_DEGENERATE_GROUPS_MASK = > > > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ... > > > > > > Make compiler happy by annotating the static constants with > > > __maybwe_unused. > > > > > > > That should see some use as long as the build is for SMP. This whole region > > is guarded by #ifdef CONFIG_SMP, so an !SMP build shouldn't trigger this. > > Isn't SMP is default for most of the kernel builds? > And honestly I didn't get the purpose of this comment.
The real fix is to not use 'static const' in C. IIRC it is still a memory location (that can be patched) not a compile time constant. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)