linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] edac: cpc925: Use of_get_cpu

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Date:   Wed, 19 Apr 2023 20:55:35 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] edac: cpc925: Use of_get_cpu_hwid() to read CPU node
 'reg'

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 01:45:47PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> I'd rather not export of_get_cpu_hwid() which is otherwise only used in 
> arch code. I think I'll rewrite this in terms of for_each_possible_cpu() 
> and topology_core_id(). Though that would make a UP build not enable 
> core 1, but that seems undesirable anyways.

TBH I'm not sure this driver is even worth any effort besides simply
deleting it. I see one commit which reads like someone was really using
it:

ce395088832b ("cpc925_edac: Support single-processor configurations")

but that one is from 2011 and since then it has received only API
modifications/cleanups.

But if I delete it, someone might crawl out of the woodwork and say it
is still used...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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