linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools: lib: traceevent: event-parse.c: Remove some unused functions

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Message-ID: <20141223132826.GM7644@kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:28:26 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools: lib: traceevent: event-parse.c:  Remove some
 unused functions

Em Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:14:50PM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> Hi Arnaldo and Rickard,
> 
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:52:10PM -0200, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 01:45:41PM +0100, Rickard Strandqvist escreveu:
> > > Removes some functions that are not used anywhere:
> > > pevent_get_any_field_val() pevent_get_common_field_val() pevent_event_fields() pevent_event_common_fields() pevent_list_events() pevent_print_event() pevent_data_event_from_type() pevent_register_trace_clock() pevent_pid_is_registered()
> > > 
> > > This was partially found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
> > 
> > Steven, Namhyung, Jiri:
> > 
> > Are you ok with me applying this patch? I'm all for it, dead code better
> > be removed, but I don't know what are your plans wrt synchronization
> > with the trace-cmd repo.
> 
> They're used by trace-cmd..  Currently Steve backports changes in
> libtraceevent to trace-cmd repo occasionally but it eventually will be
> a generic standalone library so I'd like to keep the APIs.

So there are plans to use them in the near future, ok.

- Arnaldo
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