linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 9/9] selinux: drop unused macro

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:20:57 -0500
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>
Cc:     selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@...wei.com>,
        Jeff Vander Stoep <jeffv@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] selinux: drop unused macro

On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 9:15 AM Christian Göttsche
<cgzones@...glemail.com> wrote:
>
> The macro _DEBUG_HASHES is nowhere used. The configuration DEBUG_HASHES
> enables debugging of the SELinux hash tables, but the with an underscore
> prefixed macro definition has no direct impact or any documentation.
>
> Reported by clang [-Wunused-macros]
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>
> ---
>  security/selinux/ss/policydb.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Merged into selinux/next, thanks Christian.  This macro definition
predates the move to git so there is no quick answer to "why is this
here?", but my best guess is that it is an artifact of a developer
"disabling" the DEBUG_HASHES macro by adding an underscore to the
front.  Regardless of the reason behind it, I agree it should be
removed.

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