André,
With W=1, gcc complains correctly:
mpt3sas_ctl.c: In function ‘mpt3sas_send_mctp_passthru_req’: mpt3sas_ctl.c:2917:29: error: variable ‘mpi_reply’ set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable] 2917 | MPI2DefaultReply_t *mpi_reply; | ^~~~~~~~~
Drop the unused assignment and variable.
Applied to 6.17/scsi-staging, thanks!