linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: remove unused value for mtdoops

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Date:   Mon, 27 May 2019 14:20:00 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Weitao Hou <houweitaoo@...il.com>
Cc:     dwmw2@...radead.org, computersforpeace@...il.com,
        marek.vasut@...il.com, richard@....at, vigneshr@...com,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: remove unused value for mtdoops

Hi Weitao,

Weitao Hou <houweitaoo@...il.com> wrote on Mon, 27 May 2019 20:14:40
+0800:

> since hdr was never used, we need not reserve and init it

What about "MTD oops 'hdr' header is never used, drop its
initialization."

Maybe a Fixes tag would be appropriate.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Weitao Hou <houweitaoo@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c | 6 ------
>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
> index e078fc41aa61..6ae4b70ebdbb 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdoops.c
> @@ -191,14 +191,8 @@ static void mtdoops_write(struct mtdoops_context *cxt, int panic)
>  {
>  	struct mtd_info *mtd = cxt->mtd;
>  	size_t retlen;
> -	u32 *hdr;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	/* Add mtdoops header to the buffer */
> -	hdr = cxt->oops_buf;
> -	hdr[0] = cxt->nextcount;
> -	hdr[1] = MTDOOPS_KERNMSG_MAGIC;
> -
>  	if (panic) {
>  		ret = mtd_panic_write(mtd, cxt->nextpage * record_size,
>  				      record_size, &retlen, cxt->oops_buf);

Thanks,
Miquèl