linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/23] staging: rtl8192e: Remove unused enums

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:05:24 +0000
From:	Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@...il.com>
To:	Jakub Sitnicki <jsitnicki@...il.com>
CC:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
	sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/23] staging: rtl8192e: Remove unused enums



On July 15, 2015 8:34:02 AM GMT+02:00, Jakub Sitnicki <jsitnicki@...il.com> wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:04 PM CEST, Mateusz Kulikowski
><mateusz.kulikowski@...il.com> wrote:
>> Remove ack_policy enum and some unused RTL_DEBUG enums.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@...il.com>
>> ---
>
>[snip]
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_debug.h
>b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_debug.h
>> index 42e88d6..2f47a7c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_debug.h
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_debug.h
>> @@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ enum RTL_DEBUG {
>>  	COMP_DBG		= (1 << 1),
>>  	COMP_INIT		= (1 << 2),
>>  	COMP_RECV		= (1 << 3),
>> -	COMP_SEND		= (1 << 4),
>> -	COMP_CMD		= (1 << 5),
>>  	COMP_POWER		= (1 << 6),
>> -	COMP_EPROM		= (1 << 7),
>>  	COMP_SWBW		= (1 << 8),
>>  	COMP_SEC		= (1 << 9),
>>  	COMP_LPS		= (1 << 10),
>> @@ -58,15 +55,12 @@ enum RTL_DEBUG {
>>  	COMP_CH			= (1 << 19),
>>  	COMP_RF			= (1 << 20),
>>  	COMP_FIRMWARE		= (1 << 21),
>> -	COMP_HT			= (1 << 22),
>>  	COMP_RESET		= (1 << 23),
>>  	COMP_CMDPKT		= (1 << 24),
>>  	COMP_SCAN		= (1 << 25),
>>  	COMP_PS			= (1 << 26),
>>  	COMP_DOWN		= (1 << 27),
>>  	COMP_INTR		= (1 << 28),
>> -	COMP_LED		= (1 << 29),
>> -	COMP_MLME		= (1 << 30),
>>  	COMP_ERR		= (1 << 31)
>>  };
>
>Is it possible that this change will make future readers wonder why
>there are holes in the enum values, and hence hurts readability?

It should not. This enum is used as log categories for various parts of the driver.
Some of them were just never used.

IMO once driver is ready for unstagimg this enum should be removed and replaced wih dyn debug where it makes sense.

Regards,
Mateusz

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