RFR: 8339364: AIX build fails: various unused variable and function warnings

[Julian Waters]

On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 11:43:20 GMT, Matthias Baesken <mbaesken at openjdk.org> wrote:

> We get a couple of warnings as errors on AIX because of unused variables or functions , for example :
> /priv/jenkins/client-home/workspace/openjdk-jdk-dev-aix_ppc64-opt/jdk/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/ProcessHandleImpl_unix.c:665:10: error: unused variable 'exePath' [-Werror,-Wunused-variable]
>     char exePath[PATH_MAX];
>          ^
> /priv/jenkins/client-home/workspace/openjdk-jdk-dev-aix_ppc64-opt/jdk/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/ProcessHandleImpl_unix.c:668:9: error: unused variable 'ret' [-Werror,-Wunused-variable]
>     int ret;
>         ^
> /priv/jenkins/client-home/workspace/openjdk-jdk-dev-aix_ppc64-opt/jdk/src/java.base/unix/native/libjava/ProcessHandleImpl_unix.c:664:10: error: unused variable 'fn' [-Werror,-Wunused-variable]
>     char fn[32];
>          ^
> 
> This seems to be related to the recent make changes
> 8339156: Use more fine-granular clang unused warnings
> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8339156
> (we use clang too on AIX)

Ah, the joys of supporting a platform that isn't covered by the Actions compile and test safety net :)

Looks Good, with that aside

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Marked as reviewed by jwaters (Committer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20812#pullrequestreview-2275532558