netdev - Re: [PATCH v20 06/22] cxl: Move pci generic code

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Message-ID: <20251112154103.000025fd@huawei.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:41:03 +0000
From: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>
To: <alejandro.lucero-palau@....com>
CC: <linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<dan.j.williams@...el.com>, <edward.cree@....com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<dave.jiang@...el.com>, Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>, Ben Cheatham
	<benjamin.cheatham@....com>, Fan Ni <fan.ni@...sung.com>, Alison Schofield
	<alison.schofield@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v20 06/22] cxl: Move pci generic code

On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:36:41 +0000
alejandro.lucero-palau@....com wrote:

> From: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>
> 
> Inside cxl/core/pci.c there are helpers for CXL PCIe initialization
> meanwhile cxl/pci.c implements the functionality for a Type3 device
> initialization.
> 
> Move helper functions from cxl/pci.c to cxl/core/pci.c in order to be
> exported and shared with CXL Type2 device initialization.
> 
> Fix cxl mock tests affected by the code move, deleting a function which
> indeed was not being used since commit 733b57f262b0("cxl/pci: Early
> setup RCH dport component registers from RCRB").

As I replied late to v19, I'd like to understand more about this comment.
If it was not being used, why can't we remove it before this patch?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ben Cheatham <benjamin.cheatham@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Fan Ni <fan.ni@...sung.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>