Re: [PATCH] rtw88: avoid unused function warnings

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Thu Apr 09 2020 - 00:30:31 EST


Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> The rtw88 driver defines emtpy functions with multiple indirections
> but gets one of these wrong:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c:1347:12: error: 'rtw_pci_resume' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
> 1347 | static int rtw_pci_resume(struct device *dev)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c:1342:12: error: 'rtw_pci_suspend' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
> 1342 | static int rtw_pci_suspend(struct device *dev)
>
> Better simplify it to rely on the conditional reference in
> SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(), and mark the functions as __maybe_unused to avoid
> warning about it.
>
> I'm not sure if these are needed at all given that the functions
> don't do anything, but they were only recently added.
>
> Fixes: 44bc17f7f5b3 ("rtw88: support wowlan feature for 8822c")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

I'll queue this to v5.7.

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