On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 22:41, Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > The below patch fixes a warning message > reported by gcc 4.6.0. > > CC kernel/module.o > kernel/module.c: In function 'add_usage_links': > kernel/module.c:1343:6: warning: variable 'nowarn' set but not used > > Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock&lt;justinmattock(a)gmail.com&gt; > > --- > kernel/module.c | 8 ++------ > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c > index 8c6b428..a71027a 100644 > --- a/kernel/module.c > +++ b/kernel/module.c > @@ -1340,13 +1340,9 @@ static void add_usage_links(struct module *mod) > { > #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD > struct module_use *use; > - int nowarn; > - > + > mutex_lock(&module_mutex); > - list_for_each_entry(use,&mod->target_list, target_list) { > - nowarn = sysfs_create_link(use->target->holders_dir, > -&mod->mkobj.kobj, mod->name); > - } > + list_for_each_entry(use,&mod->target_list, target_list); > mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); > #endif > } Also wrong, you removed the creation of the links in sysfs.

The assignment to nowarn was there to avoid another compiler warning, as sysfs_create_link() is marked __must_check. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert(a)linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds