# \[PATCH\] fbmem: Correct position of '\_\_maybe\_unused' in proc\_fb\_seq\_ops

- Subsystems: FRAMEBUFFER LAYER, FRAMEBUFFER CORE, THE REST
- Maintainers: Helge Deller, Simona Vetter, Linus Torvalds
- List: linux-fbdev
- 2 messages, 2 authors
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2021/05/6359159/t

## \[PATCH\] fbmem: Correct position of '\_\_maybe\_unused' in proc\_fb\_seq\_ops

- From: Nathan Chancellor \<nathan@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2021-05-05 18:28:37 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2021/05/6359159.md

```text
Clang warns:

 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:736:21: warning: attribute
 declaration must precede definition [-Wignored-attributes]
 static const struct __maybe_unused seq_operations proc_fb_seq_ops = {
                     ^
 ./include/linux/compiler_attributes.h:273:56: note: expanded from macro
 '__maybe_unused'
 #define __maybe_unused                  __attribute__((__unused__))
                                                        ^
 ./include/linux/seq_file.h:31:8: note: previous definition is here
 struct seq_operations {
        ^
 1 warning generated.

The attribute should not split the type 'struct seq_operations'. Move it
before the struct keyword so that it works properly and there is no more
warning.

Fixes: b9d79e4ca4ff ("fbmem: Mark proc_fb_seq_ops as __maybe_unused")
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1371
Reported-by: kernel test robot <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index 52c606c0f8a2..84c484f37b4a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static int fb_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct __maybe_unused seq_operations proc_fb_seq_ops = {
+static const __maybe_unused struct seq_operations proc_fb_seq_ops = {
 	.start	= fb_seq_start,
 	.next	= fb_seq_next,
 	.stop	= fb_seq_stop,

base-commit: b9d79e4ca4ff23543d6b33c736ba07c1f0a9dcb1
-- 
2.31.1.362.g311531c9de

```

## Re: \[PATCH\] fbmem: Correct position of '\_\_maybe\_unused' in proc\_fb\_seq\_ops

- From: Guenter Roeck \<linux@roeck-us.net\>
- Date: 2021-05-06 03:03:49 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2021/05/6359487.md

```text
On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 11:28:08AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Clang warns:
> 
>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:736:21: warning: attribute
>  declaration must precede definition [-Wignored-attributes]
>  static const struct __maybe_unused seq_operations proc_fb_seq_ops = {
>                      ^
>  ./include/linux/compiler_attributes.h:273:56: note: expanded from macro
>  '__maybe_unused'
>  #define __maybe_unused                  __attribute__((__unused__))
>                                                         ^
>  ./include/linux/seq_file.h:31:8: note: previous definition is here
>  struct seq_operations {
>         ^
>  1 warning generated.
> 
> The attribute should not split the type 'struct seq_operations'. Move it
> before the struct keyword so that it works properly and there is no more
> warning.
> 

Oops, sorry.

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>

Guenter

> Fixes: b9d79e4ca4ff ("fbmem: Mark proc_fb_seq_ops as __maybe_unused")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1371
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <redacted>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> index 52c606c0f8a2..84c484f37b4a 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static int fb_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static const struct __maybe_unused seq_operations proc_fb_seq_ops = {
> +static const __maybe_unused struct seq_operations proc_fb_seq_ops = {
>  	.start	= fb_seq_start,
>  	.next	= fb_seq_next,
>  	.stop	= fb_seq_stop,
> 
> base-commit: b9d79e4ca4ff23543d6b33c736ba07c1f0a9dcb1
> -- 
> 2.31.1.362.g311531c9de
> 
```
