Re: [PATCH 03/11] block: mtip32xx: mtip32xx: Mark debugging variable 'start' as __maybe_unused

From: Bart Van Assche
Date: Tue Apr 06 2021 - 17:01:24 EST


On 3/12/21 2:55 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
>
> drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c: In function ‘mtip_standby_immediate’:
> drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c:1216:16: warning: variable ‘start’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]

Has it been verified that the compiler is wrong, or in other words that
this patch does not suppress a useful warning?

Thanks,

Bart.