linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] bpf/umd possible deadcode

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Message-ID: <Z5eQaeG92S5K8J7I@gallifrey>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:55:53 +0000
From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
To: ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, andrii@...nel.org,
	martin.lau@...ux.dev, roberto.sassu@...weicloud.com,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] bpf/umd possible deadcode

* linux@...blig.org (linux@...blig.org) wrote:
> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
> 
> 
> Hi,
>   I'm not 100% sure about these, since I'm not quite
> sure how to test it properly.
> 
>   As far as I can tell the UMD isn't needed by bpf itself
> any more; so I've got one patch that just removes that select.
> But then that leaves no users of umd itself; and I split that
> separately since I saw there was still some discussion this year
> on other uses.

Hi,
  Does anyone have any views on this pair?

Thanks,

Dave

> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@...blig.org>
> 
> Dave
> 
> Dr. David Alan Gilbert (2):
>   bpf: Don't select USERMODE_DRIVER
>   umd: Remove
> 
>  include/linux/usermode_driver.h |  19 ----
>  kernel/Makefile                 |   1 -
>  kernel/bpf/preload/Kconfig      |   5 -
>  kernel/usermode_driver.c        | 191 --------------------------------
>  4 files changed, 216 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 include/linux/usermode_driver.h
>  delete mode 100644 kernel/usermode_driver.c
> 
> -- 
> 2.47.0
> 
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