2004-04-11 03:52:22

by Anton Blanchard

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Subject: binfmt_misc: attribute used or unused


Hi,

Any idea why we have an attribute((unused)) here? I was going to
convert it to __attribute_used__ so it handles gcc's schizophrenic
behaviour but then realised it all looks bogus.

Anton

===== fs/binfmt_misc.c 1.24 vs edited =====
--- 1.24/fs/binfmt_misc.c Wed Feb 25 21:34:47 2004
+++ edited/fs/binfmt_misc.c Sun Apr 11 13:42:02 2004
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
struct dentry *dentry;
} Node;

-static rwlock_t entries_lock __attribute__((unused)) = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static rwlock_t entries_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
static struct vfsmount *bm_mnt;
static int entry_count;