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Date:   Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:08:40 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] zlib: define get_unaligned16() only when used
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 11:40 AM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since commit acaab7335bd6 ("lib/zlib: remove outdated and incorrect
> pre-increment optimization"), get_unaligned16() is only used when
> !CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS.
>
> Hence, make CC=clang W=1 warns:
>
>   lib/zlib_inflate/inffast.c:20:1:
>     warning: unused function 'get_unaligned16' [-Wunused-function]
>
> Define get_unaligned16() only when it is actually used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>

AFAICS a nicer option would be to "#include <asm/unaligned.h>" and
then use "get_unaligned", which should automatically do the right
thing everywhere and remove the need for defining get_unaligned16()
and checking CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS entirely?