netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] mtd: Stop updating erase_info->state and calling mtd_erase

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Date:   Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:09:20 +0000
From:   Bert Kenward <bkenward@...arflare.com>
To:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        "Marek Vasut" <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        "Cyrille Pitchen" <cyrille.pitchen@...ev4u.fr>,
        <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>
CC:     Joern Engel <joern@...ybastard.org>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
        Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>,
        Solarflare linux maintainers <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>,
        Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>,
        "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] mtd: Stop updating erase_info->state and calling
 mtd_erase_callback()

On 12/02/18 21:03, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> MTD users are no longer checking erase_info->state to determine if the
> erase operation failed or succeeded. Moreover, mtd_erase_callback() is
> now a NOP.
> 
> We can safely get rid of all mtd_erase_callback() calls and all
> erase_info->state assignments. While at it, get rid of the
> erase_info->state field, all MTD_ERASE_XXX definitions and the
> mtd_erase_callback() function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>

For sfc parts:

Acked-by: Bert Kenward <bkenward@...arflare.com>


Thanks,

Bert.