Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] driver/base: Remove unused functions

[Donet Tom <donettom@linux.ibm.com>]

On 4/30/25 1:18 PM, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 10:33:47PM +0530, Donet Tom wrote:
>> The functions register_mem_block_under_node_early and get_nid_for_pfn
>> are not used, as register_memory_blocks_under_node_early is now used
>> to register memory blocks during early boot. Therefore, these unused
>> functions have been removed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Donet Tom <donettom@linux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/base/node.c | 54 +--------------------------------------------
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 53 deletions(-)
> ...
>
>> @@ -895,10 +846,7 @@ void register_memory_blocks_under_node(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
>>   {
>>   	walk_memory_blocks_func_t func;
>>   
>> -	if (context == MEMINIT_HOTPLUG)
>> -		func = register_mem_block_under_node_hotplug;
>> -	else
>> -		func = register_mem_block_under_node_early;
>> +	func = register_mem_block_under_node_hotplug;
>>   
>>   	walk_memory_blocks(PFN_PHYS(start_pfn), PFN_PHYS(end_pfn - start_pfn),
>>   			   (void *)&nid, func);
> So we have now:
>
> register_memory_blocks_under_node - wrt. hotplug
> register_memory_blocks_under_node_early - wrt. boot
>
> AFAICS, we can drop the 'context' parameter from this function because
> we do not need it anymore, right? The functions that get called
> eventually, register_mem_block_under_node_hotplug() and
> register_mem_block_under_node_early(), already know its context and pass
> it on to do_register_memory_block_under_node().

Hi Oscar

Yes we can drop 'context' parameter.  I will add this change in next version.

Thanks
Donet


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