linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] iio: remove unused struct fields across drivers

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Message-ID: <20260205204532.1a49cb73@jic23-huawei>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 20:45:32 +0000
From: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
Cc: Antoniu Miclaus <antoniu.miclaus@...log.com>, Lars-Peter Clausen
 <lars@...afoo.de>, Michael Hennerich <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>, David
 Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>, Nuno Sá
 <nuno.sa@...log.com>, Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, Jagath Jog J
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 Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>, Fabio Estevam
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 <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>, Marcelo Schmitt
 <marcelo.schmitt1@...il.com>, Eugene Zaikonnikov <ez@...phonic.com>,
 linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] iio: remove unused struct fields across
 drivers

On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 11:44:45 +0200
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 01:25:50PM +0200, Antoniu Miclaus wrote:
> > This series removes unused struct fields found across various IIO
> > drivers. These fields were either left over from previous refactoring,
> > or were added during development but never actually used.
> > 
> > Removing them reduces memory footprint slightly and improves code
> > clarity by eliminating dead struct members that could confuse future
> > readers.
> > 
> > Each patch is independent and can be merged separately as they touch
> > different drivers with no dependencies between them.  
> 
> Assuming it applies cleanly and compiles,
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
> and I see in some cases it gains space.
> 

Applied.  Thanks!

J