linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] xen: remove unused function xen_set_domain

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Message-ID: <20170814162834.65a9e884@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:28:34 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] xen: remove unused function xen_set_domain_pte()

On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 15:20:30 -0400
Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com> wrote:

> On 08/04/2017 07:36 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > The function xen_set_domain_pte() is used nowhere in the kernel.
> > Remove it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>  
> 
> Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> 
> (+ Ingo and Steven who are maintainers of include/trace/events/xen.h)

But the maintainers of where the tracepoints are located have final
say (in this case, the Xen maintainers). I like to be Cc'd to make sure
that the events are efficient and don't waste cpu unnecessary CPU
cycles or memory.

-- Steve