linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 0/3] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused diagnostic

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Message-ID: <20260127224747.40305-1-ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:47:35 -0600
From: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@...il.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 0/3] staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused diagnostic

This series performs a driver-wide audit and cleanup of dead diagnostic 
code within the rtl8723bs staging driver.

The vendor-originated code included a variety of diagnostic counters 
housed within 'struct debug_priv'. These counters were updated 
throughout the driver's hot paths—including MLME, receive, power 
control, and SDIO allocation—but were never read, exposed via 
debugfs, or utilized for any internal logic.

Patch 1: Removes unused RX info reset logic and associated counters.
Patch 2: Removes dead RX sequence gap calculation logic.
Patch 3: Performs a final scrub of 'struct debug_priv' and all 
         remaining write-only counters throughout the driver.

Ethan Tidmore (3):
  staging: rtl8723bs: remove dead RX info reset logic
  staging: rtl8723bs: remove dead RX sequence logic
  staging: rtl8723bs: remove unused struct debug_priv and all counters

 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c     | 12 -----
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c |  3 --
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c  |  6 +--
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c     | 23 +--------
 .../staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_hal_init.c |  4 --
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/sdio_halinit.c  |  8 +---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/include/drv_types.h | 41 ----------------
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c   | 14 ++----
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c  | 48 +++++--------------
 9 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-)

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