linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] powerpc/powernv: remove unused NPU DMA code

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Message-ID: <20190626074935.GA25452@lst.de>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 09:49:35 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@...il.com>,
        Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] powerpc/powernv: remove unused NPU DMA code

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 10:44:38AM +1000, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
> 
> 
> On 26/06/2019 00:52, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > None of these routines were ever used anywhere in the kernel tree
> > since they were added to the kernel.
> 
> 
> So none of my comments has been addressed. Nice.

Which comment?  Last time I asked you complaint "it is still used in
exactly the same way as before" which you later clarified that you
have a hidden out of tree user somewhere, and you only objected to
the word "dead".  That has been fixed and there were no further
comments.