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Wysocki" , Danilo Krummrich , Daniel Scally , Heikki Krogerus , Sakari Ailus , Aaro Koskinen , Janusz Krzysztofik , Tony Lindgren , Russell King , Kevin Hilman , Arnd Bergmann , brgl@kernel.org, driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] software node: remove software_node_exit() Message-ID: References: <20260402-nokia770-gpio-swnodes-v5-0-d730db3dd299@oss.qualcomm.com> <20260402-nokia770-gpio-swnodes-v5-2-d730db3dd299@oss.qualcomm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260402_124635_065998_0644F60D X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 12.66 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 07:19:15PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 04:15:03PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote: > > software_node_exit() is an __exitcall() in a built-in compilation unit > > so effectively dead code. Remove it. > > a dead code " In technical writing, "dead code" is typically treated as an uncountable noun, meaning it does not need the article "a" when referring to it as a category or state. " Thanks. -- Dmitry