linux-kernel - [PATCH] cpumask: Remove unnecessary cpumask_nth

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Message-ID: <20250613073733.3642679-1-tan.shaopeng@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:37:30 +0900
From: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
	James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
	Dave Martin <dave.martin@....com>,
	fenghuay@...dia.com
Subject: [PATCH] cpumask: Remove unnecessary cpumask_nth_andnot()

Commit 94f753143028("x86/resctrl: Optimize cpumask_any_housekeeping()")
switched the only user of cpumask_nth_andnot() to other cpumask functions,
but left the function cpumask_nth_andnot() unused, delete it.

Signed-off-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
---
 include/linux/cpumask.h | 16 ----------------
 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 7ae80a7ca81e..498790f74fa8 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -546,22 +546,6 @@ unsigned int cpumask_nth_and(unsigned int cpu, const struct cpumask *srcp1,
 				small_cpumask_bits, cpumask_check(cpu));
 }
 
-/**
- * cpumask_nth_andnot - get the Nth cpu set in 1st cpumask, and clear in 2nd.
- * @srcp1: the cpumask pointer
- * @srcp2: the cpumask pointer
- * @cpu: the Nth cpu to find, starting from 0
- *
- * Return: >= nr_cpu_ids if such cpu doesn't exist.
- */
-static __always_inline
-unsigned int cpumask_nth_andnot(unsigned int cpu, const struct cpumask *srcp1,
-							const struct cpumask *srcp2)
-{
-	return find_nth_andnot_bit(cpumask_bits(srcp1), cpumask_bits(srcp2),
-				small_cpumask_bits, cpumask_check(cpu));
-}
-
 /**
  * cpumask_nth_and_andnot - get the Nth cpu set in 1st and 2nd cpumask, and clear in 3rd.
  * @srcp1: the cpumask pointer
-- 
2.43.5