linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove unused code after IA-64 removal

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Date:   Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:24:04 -0500
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove unused code after IA-64 removal

On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 at 08:37, Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> While looking into something different I noticed that there are a couple of
> Kconfig options which were only selected by IA-64 and which are now unused.
>
> So remove them and simplify the code a bit.
>
> Heiko Carstens (3):
>   arch: remove ARCH_THREAD_STACK_ALLOCATOR
>   arch: remove ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ALLOCATOR
>   arch: remove ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK
>

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>

>  arch/Kconfig                 | 13 -------------
>  arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c |  3 +--
>  include/linux/init_task.h    |  7 -------
>  include/linux/sched.h        |  2 --
>  init/init_task.c             | 10 ++--------
>  kernel/fork.c                | 26 --------------------------
>  6 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.39.2
>