linux-kernel - Re: Dead code by symbols

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Message-ID: <ZupwWT5ZEHFmWIXz@infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 23:16:57 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kees@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Dead code by symbols

On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 01:39:35PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > Now, it does take some more guesswork, for example an unused function
> > which was added a couple of years back, might be something that's
> > there for consistency,
> 
> I know people will find reasons to do something like that, but we really
> *shouldn't* be maintaining / dragging along dead code that nobody might ever
> use.

There never is any reason to keep dead code around.