linux-kernel - [PATCH] Remove unused __dummy, CONST

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Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:09:44 +0100
From:	Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>
To:	Clemens Koller <clemens.koller@...gramm.de>,
	jesper.nilsson@...s.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mikael Starvik <mikael.starvik@...s.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unused __dummy, CONST_ADDR and ADDR from CRIS bitops.h

This is very old code, it hasn't changed since 2001 and
it is not used anywhere. Noticed by Clemens Koller.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>
---
 include/asm-cris/bitops.h |    7 -------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-cris/bitops.h b/include/asm-cris/bitops.h
index e2f49c2..75ea6e0 100644
--- a/include/asm-cris/bitops.h
+++ b/include/asm-cris/bitops.h
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 
 /*
- * Some hacks to defeat gcc over-optimizations..
- */
-struct __dummy { unsigned long a[100]; };
-#define ADDR (*(struct __dummy *) addr)
-#define CONST_ADDR (*(const struct __dummy *) addr)
-
-/*
  * set_bit - Atomically set a bit in memory
  * @nr: the bit to set
  * @addr: the address to start counting from
-- 
1.5.3.6.970.gd25430

/^JN - Jesper Nilsson
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               Jesper Nilsson -- jesper.nilsson@...s.com
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