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SubjectRe: [PATCH -tip] x86: cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c fix compilation warnings

* Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 15:32 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > > fix:
> > > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c: In function ‘show_cache_disable’:
> > > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c:712: warning: unused variable ‘node’
> > > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c: In function ‘store_cache_disable’:
> > > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c:739: warning: unused variable ‘node’
> >
> > you again 'fixed' a warning.
> >
> > this made you fail to analyze and miss the real reason for this for
> > example:
> >
> > > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c:739: warning: unused variable ‘node’
> >
> > > - int node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
> >
> > the local variable is clearly initialized.
> >
> > The problem is not with that variable - the problem is most likely
> > with the cpu_to_node() macro not creating a reference to the 'cpu'
> > variable in a compiler-visible way, in the !NUMA case.
> >
> > The typical way to solve this is to add a dummy:
> >
> > (void)(cpu)
> >
> > use to the 'cpu' parameter to the macro definition - or, (which is a
> > much better solution), to convert it to an inline function.
> >
>
> OK send patch:
> [PATCH -tip] x86: k8.h reference to node in node_to_k8_nb_misc for !CONFIG_K8_NB

You sent a patch, but did you read+understand the
suggestions i made above?

Ingo
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