linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: dtc: libfdt: fdt_rw.c: Remove some unused functions

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Date:	Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:22:02 -0600
From:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
To:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: dtc: libfdt: fdt_rw.c: Remove some unused functions

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Rickard Strandqvist
<rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se> wrote:
> Removes some functions that are not used anywhere:
> fdt_delprop() fdt_add_mem_rsv()
>
> This was partially found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
> ---
>  scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_rw.c |   32 -----------------------------
>  scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h |   48 -------------------------------------------
>  2 files changed, 80 deletions(-)

These sources are just imported unmodified from libfdt, so we don't
want to be changing them in the kernel. Also, I think these functions
could be needed at some point. Getting -ffunction-sections to work
with the kernel would be the right way to solve this IMHO.

Rob
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