Re: [PATCH] spin_lock_*(): Always evaluate second argument

[David Rientjes]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014, Bart Van Assche wrote:

> Evaluating a macro argument only if certain configuration options
> have been selected is confusing and error-prone. Hence always
> evaluate the second argument of spin_lock_nested() and
> spin_lock_nest_lock().
> 
> This patch has the intentional side effect that it avoids that the
> following warning is reported for netif_addr_lock_nested() when
> building with CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=n and with W=1:
> 
> include/linux/netdevice.h: In function 'netif_addr_lock_nested':
> include/linux/netdevice.h:2865:6: warning: variable 'subclass' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>   int subclass = SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING;
>       ^
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Bart, could you please resend this patch with my acked-by?
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