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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/ipv6: resolve warning in ip6_fib.c
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To: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@davemloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
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References: <20240105173920.1041474-1-leitao@debian.org>
From: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
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On 1/5/24 10:39 AM, Breno Leitao wrote:
> In some configurations, the 'iter' variable in function
> fib6_repair_tree() is unused, resulting the following warning when
> compiled with W=1.
> 
> 	net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:1781:6: warning: variable 'iter' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> 	 1781 |         int iter = 0;
> 	      |             ^
> 
> Rewrite RT6_TRACE() macro to keep the variable in scope.
> 
> Clang 18 removes the trace completely from the binary when the trace is
> disabled[1], so, no overhead is expected with this change.
> 
> [1] Link: https://paste.debian.net/1303162/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
> ---
>  include/net/ip6_fib.h | 6 +-----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
> index 9ba6413fd2e3..d2ef60ebeb25 100644
> --- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
> +++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
> @@ -30,11 +30,7 @@
>  
>  #define RT6_DEBUG 2
>  
> -#if RT6_DEBUG >= 3
> -#define RT6_TRACE(x...) pr_debug(x)
> -#else
> -#define RT6_TRACE(x...) do { ; } while (0)
> -#endif
> +#define RT6_TRACE(x...) do { if (RT6_DEBUG > 3) pr_debug(x); } while (0)
>  
>  struct rt6_info;
>  struct fib6_info;

I question the value of RT6_TRACE vs just using pr_debug; pr_debug has
zero cost until enabled and can be enabled by file or line. Not
requiring a kernel build is actual better.

[cc'ed Wei who added the macro]