linux-kernel - Re: Of fsl_mc_allocator_driver

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Message-ID: <xly4pttb77ivx24tjd2zhqnrrwvvcdqdgdirvvshb2lugcbdq7@njdg5ogzho7u>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:22:51 +0200
From: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
Cc: stuyoder@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Of fsl_mc_allocator_driver_exit

> * Dr. David Alan Gilbert (linux@...blig.org) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   One of my scripts noticed that fsl_mc_allocator_driver_exit()
> > was added explicitly in
> > commit 1e8ac83b6caf ("bus: fsl-mc: add fsl_mc_allocator cleanup function")
> >
> > but appears to be unused; given it's a cleanup function it feels like
> > it should be wired up _somewhere_.
> >

I don't think that fsl_mc_allocator_driver_exit() is of any use at this
point. The entire FSL_MC_BUS can only be built-in which means that there
is no module_exit() which references it.

The same thing is true about the dprc_driver_exit() function.

Ioana