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Nick Terrell
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The variable `litLengthSum` is only used by an `assert()`, so when asserts are disabled the compiler doesn't see any usage and warns. This issue is already fixed upstream by PR #2838 [0]. It was reported by the Kernel test robot in [1]. Another approach would be to change zstd's disabled `assert()` definition to use the argument in a disabled branch, instead of ignoring the argument. I've avoided this approach because there are some small changes necessary to get zstd to build, and I would want to thoroughly re-test for performance, since that is slightly changing the code in every function in zstd. It seems like a trivial change, but some functions are pretty sensitive to small changes. However, I think it is a valid approach that I would like to see upstream take, so I've opened Issue #2868 to attempt this upstream. Lastly, I've chosen not to use __maybe_unused because all code in lib/zstd/ must eventually be upstreamed. Upstream zstd can't use __maybe_unused because it isn't portable across all compilers. [0] https://github.com/facebook/zstd/pull/2838 [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/202111120312.833wII4i-lkp@intel.com/T/ [2] https://github.com/facebook/zstd/issues/2868 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211117014949.1169186-2-nickrterrell@gmail.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211117201459.1194876-2-nickrterrell@gmail.com/ Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Nick Terrell <terrelln@fb.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.