linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] eeprom: at25: remove unneeded 'at25

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a2Yzv1ThTZLp5boydi1_poi_V7RbSF3JZ4KG41GEjF6RA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:43:20 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Cc:     gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devang.panchal@...tnautics.com,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] eeprom: at25: remove unneeded 'at25_remove'

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 8:08 AM YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> Fixes gcc '-Wunused-but-set-variable' warning:
>
> drivers/misc/eeprom/at25.c: In function 'at25_remove':
> drivers/misc/eeprom/at25.c:384:20: warning:
>  variable 'at25' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
>
> Since commit 96d08fb43e30 ("eeprom: at25: use devm_nvmem_register()"),
> at25_remove is do nothing, so can be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>

I had to double-check that removing the remove callback doesn't
result in a device that you cannot remove, but it is in fact supported, so

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>