linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 06/12] HID: cp2112: Remove dead code

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Message-ID: <CAHp75Vf+x9pdRiYQUodUtK+erN3j0cqEZEHZ+MVecASfgP9Tkg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2023 11:52:42 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 06/12] HID: cp2112: Remove dead code

On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 9:30 PM Christophe JAILLET
<christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> wrote:
>
> Le 03/07/2023 à 20:52, Andy Shevchenko a écrit :
> > Remove cp2112_allocate_irq() and counterparts that seems to be
> > a dead code from day 1. In case somebody needs it, it can be
> > retrieved from Git index.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> for the records, just in case it still makesense to keep this code:
>
>         https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAO-hwJJfncQ3jgtS=HO0atbzrTNOT_rzU66oG2yRTWTSY-L8KA@mail.gmail.com/

It's in the Git index, so we can return it, but the rule of thumb is
that we do not add dead code to the kernel.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko