[PATCH v2] sched: Fix compiler warnings

Guenter Roeck linux at roeck-us.net
Wed Jun 25 08:03:46 PDT 2014


On 06/25/2014 07:49 AM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello Guenter,
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 07:27:47AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> Maybe the author's intention was:
>>>
>>> 	static inline int cpu_corepower_flags(void) __attribute__((const));
>>>
>>> ?
>>> This specifies that the function has no side effects and the return value
>>> only depends on the (here non-existing) function arguments.
>>>
>>
>> Possibly, but either I am missing something or this doesn't compile.
> You need to do a separate declaration:
>
> 	static inline int cpu_corepower_flags(void) __attribute__((const));
> 	static inline int cpu_corepower_flags(void)
> 	{
> 		...

Actually turns out one can use __attribute_const__, and it is

	static inline int __attribute_const__ cpu_corepower_flags(void)

which turns out to be widely used.

I'll change that and resubmit after testing.

Guenter




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