From: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
To: Jyun-An Chen <jun930436@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
"open list:MIN HEAP" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/core-api: min_heap: remove undocumented min_heap_empty()
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:24:05 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <al-5RcMAtUMGmSU0@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260721180127.132730-1-jun930436@gmail.com>
Hi Jyun-An,
On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 06:01:26PM +0000, Jyun-An Chen wrote:
> min_heap_empty()/min_heap_empty_inline() are documented as part of
> the Min Heap API, but no such functions or macros exist in
> include/linux/min_heap.h or lib/min_heap.c. Remove the stale
> description instead of adding unused API surface.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jyun-An Chen <jun930436@gmail.com>
One minor nit: the subject line says "remove undocumented", but it
actually removes a documented function.
With fixing subject line:
Acked-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
Regards,
Kuan-Wei
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - Per Kuan-Wei's review, dropped the min_heap_empty()/min_heap_empty_inline()
> implementation (unused API with no in-tree callers) and instead just
> removed the stale documentation for it.
> - Signed-off-by now uses real name instead of GitHub handle.
>
> Documentation/core-api/min_heap.rst | 13 -------------
> 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/min_heap.rst b/Documentation/core-api/min_heap.rst
> index 9f57766581df..919dcf1bdec7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/core-api/min_heap.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/min_heap.rst
> @@ -240,19 +240,6 @@ This macro returns `true` if the heap is full, otherwise `false`.
>
> **Inline Version:** min_heap_full_inline(heap)
>
> -- **min_heap_empty(heap)**: Checks whether the heap is empty.
> - Complexity: **O(1)**.
> -
> -.. code-block:: c
> -
> - bool empty = min_heap_empty(heap);
> -
> -- `heap`: A pointer to the min-heap to check.
> -
> -This macro returns `true` if the heap is empty, otherwise `false`.
> -
> -**Inline Version:** min_heap_empty_inline(heap)
> -
> Example Usage
> =============
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>
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2026-07-21 18:01 [PATCH v2] Documentation/core-api: min_heap: remove undocumented min_heap_empty() Jyun-An Chen
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