linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] mtd: nand: Remove unused chip->write

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Date:   Wed, 8 Mar 2017 10:31:25 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...il.com>,
        Hans-Christian Egtvedt <egtvedt@...fundet.no>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Wenyou Yang <wenyou.yang@...el.com>,
        Josh Wu <rainyfeeling@...look.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
        Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] mtd: nand: Remove unused chip->write_page() hook

2017-03-08 3:34 GMT+09:00 Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>:
> On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 21:04:50 +0900
> Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Boris,
>>
>> 2017-02-20 21:28 GMT+09:00 Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>:
>> > The last/only user of the chip->write_page() hook (the Atmel NAND
>> > controller driver) has been reworked and is no longer specifying a custom
>> > ->write_page() implementation.
>> > Drop this hook before someone else start abusing it.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
>>
>>
>> Just a minor comment.
>>
>>
>> /**
>>  * nand_write_page - [REPLACEABLE] write one page
>>  * @mtd: MTD device structure
>>
>>
>> Can you update the comment block for nand_write_page(), too?
>>
>>   [REPLACEABLE]  ->  [INTERNAL]
>
> I think I'll just drop it, it does not mean anything to flag a static
> function as replaceable (the ->write_page() method could be overloaded,
> but not the nand_write_page() implementation itself).
>

Sounds good to me.   Thank you!



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada