linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/10] staging: rtl8723bs: remove dead code

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Message-ID: <2023100941-luminous-hula-7551@gregkh>
Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2023 17:23:50 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Doug Brown <doug@...morgal.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] staging: rtl8723bs: remove dead code

On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 04:19:05PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> The .ndo_do_ioctl functions are never called, so the three implementation here
> is useless but only works as a way to identify the device in the notifiers,
> which can really be removed as well.
> 
> Looking through the exported functions, I found a bunch more that have
> no callers, so just drop all of those.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>