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Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 17:59:33 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regmap: make range check functions static
On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 11:17 PM Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 12:56:28AM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> > regmap_reg_in_ranges() and regmap_check_range_table() have no callers
> > outside regmap.c, so they have no reason to be exported nor have
> > external linkage.
>
> These are intentional API in case someone needs them, no need to
> encourage open coding.
But currently it's not used and simply consumes namespace resources.
Isn't it our practice not to add dead code / etc?
In practice I assume that one will grep before implementing, or at
least at review stage it may be pointed out for a helper, that might
be exported when needed, no?
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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