linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/56] staging: r8188eu: remove dead macro ClearToDs

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Date:   Thu, 6 Jan 2022 15:14:34 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Alberto Merciai <alb3rt0.m3rciai@...il.com>
Cc:     linuxfancy@...glegroups.com,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>,
        "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Saurav Girepunje <saurav.girepunje@...il.com>,
        Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>,
        Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Zameer Manji <zmanji@...il.com>, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/56] staging: r8188eu: remove dead macro ClearToDs

On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 08:01:38PM +0100, Alberto Merciai wrote:
> Remove dead macro ClearToDs.

"dead"?  Was it ever alive?

I think you mean to write something like:

	The #define ClearToDs() is not used anywhere in the r8188eu
	driver, so it can be safely removed.

right?

thanks,

greg k-h