Question about default_elf_asm_named_section function

[Iyer, Balaji V]

Hello Everyone,
        This email is in reference to the "default_elf_asm_named_section" 
function in the varasm.c file. 

This function is defined like this:

void
default_elf_asm_named_section (const char *name, unsigned int flags,
                               tree decl ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)


But, inside the function, there is this if-statement:


      if (HAVE_COMDAT_GROUP && (flags & SECTION_LINKONCE))
        {
          if (TREE_CODE (decl) == IDENTIFIER_NODE)
            fprintf (asm_out_file, ",%s,comdat", IDENTIFIER_POINTER (decl));
          else
            fprintf (asm_out_file, ",%s,comdat",
                     IDENTIFIER_POINTER (DECL_COMDAT_GROUP (decl)));
        }


The decl is set with "ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED" but the if-statement is using "decl." 
Should we remove the attribute unused tag near the "tree decl" or is the 
if-statement a deadcode that should never be ?

Thanks,

Balaji V. Iyer.