Bug 7330 - ieee1394 compile errors
Summary: ieee1394 compile errors
Status: REJECTED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: IEEE1394 (show other bugs)
Hardware: i386 Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: drivers_ieee1394
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Reported: 2006-10-11 08:05 UTC by Bill Crowell
Modified: 2006-10-14 03:17 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Kernel Version: 2.6.19-rc1-git6
Subsystem:
Regression: ---
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Description Bill Crowell 2006-10-11 08:05:21 UTC
Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur:
Distribution:
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Problem Description:

Steps to reproduce:
drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c: In function 'hpsb_alloc_host':
drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c:173: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_register', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c:174: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'class_device_register', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
  CC [M]  drivers/ieee1394/highlevel.o
  CC [M]  drivers/ieee1394/csr.o
  CC [M]  drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.o
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'fw_set_rescan':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:418: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'bus_rescan_devices', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'nodemgr_create_drv_files':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:585: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'driver_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'nodemgr_create_ne_dev_files':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:605: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'nodemgr_create_host_dev_files':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:615: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'nodemgr_update_host_dev_links':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:631: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:633: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:635: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'nodemgr_create_ud_dev_files':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:644: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:647: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:650: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:653: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:655: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:659: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:661: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'nodemgr_remove_host_dev':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:750: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_for_each_child', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'nodemgr_create_node':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:817: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_register', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:818: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'class_device_register', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:822: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'nodemgr_register_device':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:893: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_register', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:894: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'class_device_register', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:898: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'nodemgr_process_root_directory':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:1097: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:1099: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'nodemgr_suspend_ne':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:1329: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'device_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c: In function 'nodemgr_node_probe':
drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c:1500: warning: ignoring return value 
of 'bus_rescan_devices', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
Comment 1 Adrian Bunk 2006-10-11 18:53:42 UTC
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.
Comment 2 Stefan Richter 2006-10-14 03:17:32 UTC
Fix for the warnings was posted on 2006-10-10:
http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/browse_frm/thread/fa5fc47f1216d4d0/d0ccd92efc18b0a8?tvc=1
and will appear in -mm soon.

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