On Wed, 2 May 2007, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> not only that, but there are numerous files that *already* use
> "__unused":
>
> $ grep -rw __unused *
> ... snip lots of output here ...
>
> as well as a few files that can now have their definition of that
> removed:
>
> $ grep -r "define __unused" *
> drivers/net/defxx.c:#define __unused __attribute__ ((unused))
> drivers/net/declance.c:#define __unused __attribute__ ((unused))
> drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c:#define __unused __attribute__ ((unused))
>
> i think "__unused" is the clear choice here.
>
No, it's not the clear choice. This would apply to both functions and
variables so the suppress a compiler warning for a variable whose use
depends on preprocessor macros, I would have to use __unused even though
it may be used.
Hence, I recommend __maybe_unused.
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