linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/10] staging: r8188eu: remove GlobalDebugLevel flag

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jan 2022 08:57:29 +0000
From:   Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
To:     Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
        Larry.Finger@...inger.net, martin@...ser.cx,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        paskripkin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] staging: r8188eu: remove GlobalDebugLevel flag

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:33:46AM +0100, Michael Straube wrote:
> On 1/24/22 23:59, Phillip Potter wrote:
> > Remove hal/odm_debug.c, to get rid of the GlobalDebugLevel flag,
> > and remove the two other lines that reference GlobalDebugLevel, as
> > the last remaining user (DBG_88E) is now gone. Also modify Makefile
> > to no longer build hal/odm_debug.c.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
> > ---
> >   drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile            | 1 -
> >   drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/odm_debug.c     | 6 ------
> >   drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_debug.h | 2 --
> >   drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c   | 1 -
> >   4 files changed, 10 deletions(-)
> >   delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/odm_debug.c
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile
> > index a7a486cc16dd..ecd6fe5bd94c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile
> > @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ r8188eu-y = \
> >   		hal/hal_intf.o \
> >   		hal/hal_com.o \
> >   		hal/odm.o \
> > -		hal/odm_debug.o \
> >   		hal/odm_HWConfig.o \
> >   		hal/odm_RegConfig8188E.o \
> >   		hal/odm_RTL8188E.o \
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/odm_debug.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/odm_debug.c
> > deleted file mode 100644
> > index 7a134229fe39..000000000000
> > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/odm_debug.c
> > +++ /dev/null
> > @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
> > -// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > -/* Copyright(c) 2007 - 2011 Realtek Corporation. */
> > -
> > -#include "../include/rtw_debug.h"
> > -
> > -u32 GlobalDebugLevel;
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_debug.h b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_debug.h
> > index 959fb6bd25ca..01a7d987d6cc 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_debug.h
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_debug.h
> > @@ -52,6 +52,4 @@
> >   #define DRIVER_PREFIX	"R8188EU: "
> > -extern u32 GlobalDebugLevel;
> > -
> >   #endif	/* __RTW_DEBUG_H__ */
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> > index 17249b4fb7ad..8589de487289 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> > @@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ static uint loadparam(struct adapter *padapter)
> >   {
> >   	struct registry_priv  *registry_par = &padapter->registrypriv;
> > -	GlobalDebugLevel = rtw_debug;
> >   	registry_par->chip_version = (u8)rtw_chip_version;
> >   	registry_par->rfintfs = (u8)rtw_rfintfs;
> >   	registry_par->lbkmode = (u8)rtw_lbkmode;
> 
> Hi Phillip,
> 
> so rtw_debug is unused now. Should we remove the 'debug' module
> parameter and rtw_debug as well?
> 
> Regards,
> Michael

Good point, might as well. Will add this into v2. Thanks for the
suggestion.

Regards,
Phil