linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: ti-abb: Remove redundant of_match

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Date:	Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:22:19 +0530
From:	Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@...aro.org>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: ti-abb: Remove redundant of_match_ptr

On 30 September 2013 16:31, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 02:27:13PM +0530, Sachin Kamat wrote:
>
> Note that one of the things these macros are supposed to do (but don't
> yet IIRC) is allow for dead code elimination to discard references to
> things automatically even without the being ifdefed out.

Yes that is correct. However, in this particular case all that
of_match_ptr() does
is make the pointer NULL if CONFIG_OF is disabled else assign it as
is. Since CONFIG_OF
is not used in these files, I thought it would be an appropriate cleanup.

-- 
With warm regards,
Sachin
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