linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] staging: r8188eu: remove unused functions from os_dep/ioctl

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Date:   Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:29:03 +0100
From:   Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] staging: r8188eu: remove unused functions from os_dep/ioctl_linux.c

On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 at 08:40, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 12:50:40AM +0100, Phillip Potter wrote:
> > Remove unused functions that are now no longer called as a result of the
> > removal of rtw_ioctl in a previous patch. This includes functions not
> > directly called from rtw_ioctl, but anything in that specific
> > call-chain.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 1538 ++----------------
> >  1 file changed, 127 insertions(+), 1411 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> > index 4e21801cbfcf..1ccc5f8de1ee 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> > @@ -1539,7 +1539,6 @@ static int rtw_wx_get_essid(struct net_device *dev,
> >       wrqu->essid.length = len;
> >       wrqu->essid.flags = 1;
> >
> > -exit:
>
> This is not a "function", but a label that was not used.
>
> I'll take this but be more careful next time in the description of
> patches as to what they are doing...
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

Dear Greg,

Sorry about that, I had even made a mental note to mention the label
explicitly, but it somehow slipped out of my head. I dealt with this
in the same patch as it was one of the build warnings I uncovered.
Thank you for taking the patches.

Regards,
Phil