Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:32:08 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 01/19] dlb2: add skeleton for DLB 2.0 driver |
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On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 04:24:31PM +0000, Eads, Gage wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> > > Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 8:02 AM > > To: Eads, Gage <gage.eads@intel.com> > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; arnd@arndb.de; Karlsson, Magnus > > <magnus.karlsson@intel.com>; Topel, Bjorn <bjorn.topel@intel.com> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/19] dlb2: add skeleton for DLB 2.0 driver > > > > On Tue, Sep 01, 2020 at 02:15:30PM -0500, Gage Eads wrote: > > > --- /dev/null > > > +++ b/drivers/misc/dlb2/dlb2_main.c > > > @@ -0,0 +1,208 @@ > > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > > > +/* Copyright(c) 2018-2020 Intel Corporation */ > > > + > > > +#include <linux/aer.h> > > > +#include <linux/cdev.h> > > > +#include <linux/delay.h> > > > +#include <linux/fs.h> > > > +#include <linux/init.h> > > > +#include <linux/list.h> > > > +#include <linux/module.h> > > > +#include <linux/pci.h> > > > +#include <linux/uaccess.h> > > > + > > > +#include "dlb2_main.h" > > > + > > > +static const char > > > +dlb2_driver_copyright[] = "Copyright(c) 2018-2020 Intel Corporation"; > > Why have this in a string and then: > > > > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); > > > +MODULE_AUTHOR("Copyright(c) 2018-2020 Intel Corporation"); > > > > Not use it? > > > > It's probably not needed at all, right? > > > > Don't you get a build warning about this when applying and building this > > patch? > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > dlb2_driver_copyright was used in a pr_info() in the v1 patchset that was > removed at Arnd's recommendation, and I forgot to remove the string. Will fix. > The unused warning variable was likely missed in the deluge of warnings from > included kernel headers.
You should not have any build warnings. If you do, then something is really wrong, the kernel builds cleanly today.
thanks,
greg k-h
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