linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: pxa: pxa2xx: Remove 'pxa2xx_pinctrl

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdasbS-4_ZwC-Ucm8tkSUW5tAQdUrXjxHXQ3J0goVYfgHw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 4 Jun 2020 00:08:49 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
        Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: pxa: pxa2xx: Remove 'pxa2xx_pinctrl_exit()'
 which is unused and broken

On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 8:31 PM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 01:31:23PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > Le 01/06/2020 à 10:58, Robert Jarzmik a écrit :
> > > Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> writes:
> > >
> > > > Commit 6d33ee7a0534 ("pinctrl: pxa: Use devm_pinctrl_register() for pinctrl registration")
> > > > has turned a 'pinctrl_register()' into 'devm_pinctrl_register()' in
> > > > 'pxa2xx_pinctrl_init()'.
> > > > However, the corresponding 'pinctrl_unregister()' call in
> > > > 'pxa2xx_pinctrl_exit()' has not been removed.
> > > >
> > > > This is not an issue, because 'pxa2xx_pinctrl_exit()' is unused.
> > > > Remove it now to avoid some wondering in the future and save a few LoC.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> > > Acked-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
> > >
> > > Would be even a better patch with a :
> > > Fixes: 6d33ee7a0534 ("pinctrl: pxa: Use devm_pinctrl_register() for pinctrl registration")
> >
> > I was wondering it was was needed in this case.
> > The patch does not really fix anything, as the function is unused. Or it
> > fixes things on a theoretical point of view.
>
> There is no concensus...  We should call a vote on this at Kernel
> Summit.  :P

Fixes means it fixes something that was wrong in that commit.
That's all. Whether syntactic or semantic or regression or
serious or not does not matter. It is also not compulsory to
add it is just helpful.

If it is a regression or critical bug, we also add Cc: stable.

Yours,
Linus Walleij