From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Nikolay Kulikov <nikolayof23@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove static HalDetectPwrDownMode() function
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 09:03:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026080749-dolly-never-0406@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806-rtl8723bs_efuse-v1-1-fedb8b91f346@gmail.com>
On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 10:34:48PM +0300, Nikolay Kulikov wrote:
> The return value of this function is ignored at the call site, and since
> the function has no side effects (except for the assignment to
> pHalData->pwrdown, which is not used anywhere else), it can be removed.
>
> At the same time, remove the efuse shadow functions, as they are
> becoming unused.
Why not remove pwrdown first, which shows that it is never actually
used, and then remove the functions in a separate patch? that would
"prove" that this is a safe change, as-is we need to manually verify
this patch is correct.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-07 7:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 19:34 [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: remove static HalDetectPwrDownMode() function Nikolay Kulikov
2026-08-07 7:03 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-08-07 16:39 ` Nikolay Kulikov
2026-08-07 7:53 ` Dan Carpenter
2026-08-07 16:41 ` Nikolay Kulikov
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