linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/platform/uv/BAU: minor cleanup, make some local functions static

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jul 2017 15:29:20 +0800
From:   Dou Liyang <douly.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Banman <abanman@....com>,
        Mike Travis <mike.travis@....com>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/platform/uv/BAU: minor cleanup, make some local
 functions static

Hi Thomas,

At 07/04/2017 03:19 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jul 2017, Dou Liyang wrote:
>> At 07/03/2017 10:22 PM, Colin King wrote:
>>> -int normal_busy(struct bau_control *bcp)
>>> +static int normal_busy(struct bau_control *bcp)
>>
>> In my opinion, there is no need to mark *normal_busy* static, remove it
>> directly.
>>
>> the commit c5d35d399e68(x86/UV2: Work around BAU bug) add it to
>> handle_uv2_busy(), but the handle_uv2_busy() is rewritten now. the
>> normal_busy is unused, can be remove.
>
> Correct.
>
>> By the way, there are also an other function named
>> uv_bau_message_interrupt() can be remove.
>
> Not so much.
>
> # git grep uv_bau_message_interrupt arch/x86/
> arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:apicinterrupt3 UV_BAU_MESSAGE                 uv_bau_message_intr1            uv_bau_message_interrupt
> arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c:void uv_bau_message_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
>

Oops, Indeed! you are right. ;)

Thanks,

	dou.

> Thanks,
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> 	tglx
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