netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused SLOW_DOWN

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Date:   Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:16:17 -0500
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Chas Williams <3chas3@...il.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Remove unused SLOW_DOWN_IO

On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 10:48:28AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 14:08:10 -0500 Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> > 
> > Only alpha, ia64, powerpc, and sh define SLOW_DOWN_IO, and there are no
> > actual uses of it.  The few references to it are in situations that are
> > themselves unused.  Remove them all.
> > 
> > It should be safe to apply these independently and in any order.  The only
> > place SLOW_DOWN_IO is used at all is the lmc_var.h definition of DELAY,
> > which is itself never used.
> 
> Hi Bojrn! Would you mind reposting just patches 1 and 3 for networking?
> LMC got removed in net-next (commit a5b116a0fa90 ("net: wan: remove the
> lanmedia (lmc) driver")) so the entire series fails to apply and therefore 
> defeats all of our patch handling scripts :S

Sure, coming up, with reduced cc: list.