linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] printf: Remove unused 'bprintf'

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Message-ID: <20241003111346.0654f1ac@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 11:13:46 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc: linux@...blig.org, kees@...nel.org, andy@...nel.org,
 akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux@...musvillemoes.dk,
 senozhatsky@...omium.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] printf: Remove unused 'bprintf'

On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 10:13:34 +0200
Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:

> On Wed 2024-10-02 18:31:47, linux@...blig.org wrote:
> > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
> > 
> > bprintf() is unused. Remove it. It was added in the commit 4370aa4aa753
> > ("vsprintf: add binary printf") but as far as I can see was never used,
> > unlike the other two functions in that patch.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@...blig.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>  
> 
> Looks good to me:
> 
> Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
> 
> I assume that Sven is going to take it via the ftrace tree as he

               Steven ;-)

> suggested at https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241002104807.42b4b64e@gandalf.local.home

Yeah, since I'm basically the only user of it, it's best it goes through my
testing.

Thanks,

-- Steve