linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/11] staging: rtl8192e: Remove dead code: rtl

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Date:	Sun, 07 Jun 2015 21:34:31 +0200
From:	Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, joe@...ches.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/11] staging: rtl8192e: Remove dead code: rtl_dm.[ch]

On 04.06.2015 15:52, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 10:48:10PM +0200, Mateusz Kulikowski wrote:
>> - Remove unused fields in dig_t structures. Some of them were only
>>   initialized and never accessed.
>> - Remove unused enums/macros/defines in rtl_dm.h
>> - Remove duplicated function declarations
>> - Remove unused dm_change_dynamic_initgain_thresh() function
>> - Remove unused dm_shadow_init() function
> 
> Could you delete dm_shadow[] in a follow on patch.
Will do in v2

> 
> How I review these sorts of patches is that:
> 1) Ignore deleted variables.  If those are used then it will cause a
>    compile problem so I don't worry about it.
> 
> 2) Verify that when we delete initialization, then we also delete the
>    variable.  In this case we deleted the initialization of dm_shadow[]
>    but not the variable itself, so I wondered if we were using
>    unitialized data.  It turns out that it was just an oversight.
> 
> Reviewing these means a lot of searching, for each variable.  Next time
> if the patch were split up more it would make it a bit easier.

Ok; I assume this applies for next series, not v2.


Regards,
Mateusz

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