From: Nikolay Kulikov <nikolayof23@gmail.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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 19:39:47 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <anYKU1f7kjGrZusA@archlinux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026080749-dolly-never-0406@gregkh>
On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 09:03:21AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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.
Yes, that really would be better. I will do that in v2.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-07 16:39 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
2026-08-07 16:39 ` Nikolay Kulikov [this message]
2026-08-07 7:53 ` Dan Carpenter
2026-08-07 16:41 ` Nikolay Kulikov
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