Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:55:39 -0700 | From | "Justin P. Mattock" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/5]scsi:hosts.c Fix warning: variable 'rval' set but not used |
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On 06/18/2010 12:37 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 09:16 -0700, Justin P. Mattock wrote: >>> Erm, well, as I said, error code and the fact that the thread failed to >>> start, so more >>> >>> printk(KERN_WARNING "scsi%d: error handler thread failed to spawn, error >>> = %d\n", host->host_no, PTR_ERR(shost->ehandler)); >>> >>> James >>> >> >> o.k. I looked at this a bit more and finally got the thing to build >> through without a warning, using what you had sent, but keep in mind I >> still need to add error = %d\n", host->host_no, to the printk >> >> here's what I have so far: >> >> >> drivers/scsi/hosts.c | 3 ++- >> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c >> index 6660fa9..c1ff708 100644 >> --- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c >> +++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c >> @@ -419,8 +419,9 @@ struct Scsi_Host *scsi_host_alloc(struct >> scsi_host_template *sht, int privsize) >> >> shost->ehandler = kthread_run(scsi_error_handler, shost, >> "scsi_eh_%d", shost->host_no); >> + rval = PTR_ERR(shost->ehandler); >> if (IS_ERR(shost->ehandler)) { >> - rval = PTR_ERR(shost->ehandler); >> + printk(KERN_WARNING "scsi%d: error handler thread failed to spawn\n", >> rval); > > So this isn't really an improvement over the suggestion. What you > wanted was shost->host_no, as you deduced, but the %d becomes %ld to > quiet the type warning. > > James
ahh.. was reading the manual but couldn't make sense of the % then letter to use.
let me add these in, then if good I'll send it out for review etc..
Justin P. Mattock
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