Re: [PATCH v3] usb: musb: remove unused variable 'devctl'

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Dec 10 2020 - 10:00:57 EST


On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 12:13:42PM +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On 24.11.2020 11:49, min.guo@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > From: Min Guo <min.guo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Remove unused 'devctl' variable to fix compile warnings:
> >
> > drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c: In function 'dma_controller_irq':
> > drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c:324:8: warning: variable 'devctl' set
> > but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Min Guo <min.guo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > changes in v3
> > suggested by Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> > Add a comment.
> >
> > changes in v2
> > suggested by Alan Stern:
> > Add void before musb_read to indicate that the register MUSB_DEVCTL
> > was intended to be read and discarded.
> > ---
> > drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c | 8 +++++---
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c b/drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c
> > index 0aacfc8be5a1..2a345b4ad015 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musbhsdma.c
> [...]
> > @@ -336,7 +334,11 @@ irqreturn_t dma_controller_irq(int irq, void *private_data)
> > < musb_channel->len) ?
> > "=> reconfig 0" : "=> complete");
> > - devctl = musb_readb(mbase, MUSB_DEVCTL);
> > + /*
> > + * Some hardware may need to read the
> > + * MUSB_DEVCTL register once to take effect.
> > + */
> > + (void)musb_readb(mbase, MUSB_DEVCTL);
>
> Hm, forcibly reading DevCtl in the DMA driver... sounds quite
> nonsensically. Lemme take a look...

What happened to your look?

thanks,

greg k-h