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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:31:40 +0200 From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> To: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com> Cc: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>, "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/bitmap: remove expect_eq_u32_array On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 05:10:18PM -0800, Yury Norov wrote: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 03:20:50PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 04:33:45PM +0800, Alex Shi wrote: > > > expect_eq_u32_array isn't used from commit 3aa56885e516 ("bitmap: > > > replace bitmap_{from,to}_u32array"). > > > And EXP2_IN_BITS are never used. so better to remove them. > > > > I think better "fix" will be to add test cases. > > See the commit message in the > > > > commit 3aa56885e51683a19c8aa71739fd279b3f501cd7 > > Author: Yury Norov <ynorov@...iumnetworks.com> > > Date: Tue Feb 6 15:38:06 2018 -0800 > > > > bitmap: replace bitmap_{from,to}_u32array > On the other hand, it's almost 2 years gone since the commit you > mentioned, and nobody used the check_eq_u32_array(). So I think > it's long enough to consider the function useless. > > This function is the last example of 2 lengths in input, so I'd > prefer to remove it. However, removing check_eq_u32_array() should > be synchronized with underlying __check_eq_u32_array(). Thanks for elaboration. No objection from my side! -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
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