This is a resend from the original due to some whitespace issues, and done incorrectly. The below patch fixes this warning from gcc 4.6.0 CC kernel/audit.o kernel/audit.c: In function 'audit_buffer_alloc': kernel/audit.c:1044:19: warning: variable 'nlh' set but not used Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock(a)gmail.com&gt; --- kernel/audit.c | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index c71bd26..1d51258 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -1041,7 +1041,6 @@ static struct audit_buffer * audit_buffer_alloc(struct audit_context *ctx, { unsigned long flags; struct audit_buffer *ab = NULL; - struct nlmsghdr *nlh; spin_lock_irqsave(&audit_freelist_lock, flags); if (!list_empty(&audit_freelist)) { @@ -1065,7 +1064,7 @@ static struct audit_buffer * audit_buffer_alloc(struct audit_context *ctx, if (!ab->skb) goto nlmsg_failure; - nlh = NLMSG_NEW(ab->skb, 0, 0, type, 0, 0); + NLMSG_NEW(ab->skb, 0, 0, type, 0, 0); return ab; -- 1.7.1.rc1.21.gf3bd6