linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] uapi: remove the unused HAVE_ARCH_STRUCT

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Date:   Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:45:15 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
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        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] uapi: remove the unused HAVE_ARCH_STRUCT_FLOCK64
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Hi Arnd,

On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:55:41 +0200 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 10:55 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>  
> 
> The patch looks good, but I'd like to see a description for each one.
> How about:
> 
> | The check was added when Stephen Rothwell created the file, but
> | no architecture ever defined it.

Actually it was used by the xtensa architecture until Dec, 2006.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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