linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: Remove an unused variable and some lines of code

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Date:   Fri, 2 Jul 2021 10:48:40 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: Remove an unused variable and some
 lines of code

On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 04:47:07PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> Remove set but unused iw_operation_mode[]. Remove all the lines of 
> code from the function rtw_wx_set_rate, except the "return 0;" line 
> to not break userland code that somewhat uses this IOCTL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
> ---
>  .../staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c    | 72 -------------------
>  1 file changed, 72 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> index b958a8d882b0..a66d8838c034 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> @@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ static u32 rtw_rates[] = {1000000, 2000000, 5500000, 11000000,
>  	6000000, 9000000, 12000000, 18000000, 24000000, 36000000,
>  	48000000, 54000000};
>  
> -static const char * const iw_operation_mode[] = {
> -	"Auto", "Ad-Hoc", "Managed",  "Master", "Repeater",
> -	"Secondary", "Monitor"
> -};
> -
>  void indicate_wx_scan_complete_event(struct adapter *padapter)
>  {
>  	union iwreq_data wrqu;
> @@ -1266,73 +1261,6 @@ static int rtw_wx_set_rate(struct net_device *dev,
>  			   struct iw_request_info *a,
>  			   union iwreq_data *wrqu, char *extra)
>  {

Just delete this whole file.  It doesn't do anything now.

regards,
dan carpenter