linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 4/6] powerpc: Delete unused function delete_fdt_mem

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Date:   Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:09:19 -0800
From:   Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 4/6] powerpc: Delete unused function
 delete_fdt_mem_rsv()

On 12/22/20 5:08 PM, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> 
> Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com> writes:
> 
>> delete_fdt_mem_rsv() defined in "arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load.c"
>> has been renamed to fdt_find_and_del_mem_rsv(), and moved to
>> "drivers/of/kexec.c".
>>
>> Remove delete_fdt_mem_rsv() in "arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load.c".
>>
>> Co-developed-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@...ux.microsoft.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@...ux.microsoft.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h |  1 -
>>   arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load.c   | 32 --------------------------------
>>   2 files changed, 33 deletions(-)
> 
> As I mentioned in the other email, this patch could remove
> setup_new_fdt() as well.
> 
> I'm a bit ambivalent on whether this patch should be squashed with
> patch 2 or left on its own, but I tend toward the latter option because
> patch 2 is big enough already.
> 

I also think Patch #2 is already big enough - I don't want to make more 
changes in that patch.

I will remove delete_fdt_mem_rsv() and setup_new_fdt() in this patch 
(Patch #4) and call of_kexec_setup_new_fdt() directly (in 
setup_new_fdt_ppc64()).

thanks,
  -lakshmi