Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: Distribution: Hardware Environment: Software Environment: Problem Description: Steps to reproduce: drivers/pcmcia/ds.c: In function 'pcmcia_bus_rescan': drivers/pcmcia/ds.c:744: warning: ignoring return value of 'bus_rescan_devices', declared with attribute warn_unused_result drivers/pcmcia/ds.c: In function 'pcmcia_store_allow_func_id_match': drivers/pcmcia/ds.c:1012: warning: ignoring return value of 'bus_rescan_devices', declared with attribute warn_unused_result drivers/pcmcia/ds.c: In function 'init_pcmcia_bus': drivers/pcmcia/ds.c:1297: warning: ignoring return value of 'bus_register', declared with attribute warn_unused_result drivers/pcmcia/ds.c:1298: warning: ignoring return value of 'class_interface_register', declared with attribute warn_unused_result CC [M] drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.o CC [M] drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_ioctl.o drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_ioctl.c: In function 'proc_read_drivers': drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_ioctl.c:132: warning: ignoring return value of 'bus_for_each_drv', declared with attribute warn_unused_result drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_ioctl.c: In function 'bind_request': drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_ioctl.c:272: warning: ignoring return value of 'bus_rescan_devices', declared with attribute warn_unused_result CC [M] drivers/pcmcia/cs.o CC [M] drivers/pcmcia/cistpl.o CC [M] drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_mgr.o CC [M] drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.o CC [M] drivers/pcmcia/cardbus.o LD [M] drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o LD [M] drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.o CC [M] drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.o CC [M] drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.o drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c: In function 'yenta_probe': drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c:1200: warning: ignoring return value of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c: In function 'yenta_dev_resume': drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c:1256: warning: ignoring return value of 'pci_enable_device', declared with attribute warn_unused_result CC [M] drivers/pcmcia/pd6729.o CC [M] drivers/pcmcia/i82092.o drivers/pcmcia/i82092.c: In function 'i82092aa_module_init': drivers/pcmcia/i82092.c:709: warning: ignoring return value of 'pci_register_driver', declared with attribute warn_unused_result CC drivers/pnp/core.o CC drivers/pnp/card.o drivers/pnp/card.c: In function 'pnp_interface_attach_card': drivers/pnp/card.c:167: warning: ignoring return value of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result drivers/pnp/card.c:168: warning: ignoring return value of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result drivers/pnp/card.c: In function 'pnp_request_card_device': drivers/pnp/card.c:315: warning: ignoring return value of 'device_bind_driver', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
It's only a warning, not an error. And it doesn't make sense to open bugs for every single compile warning in the kernel.