Re: [PATCH] powerpc/machdep: Remove stale functions from ppc_md structure

[Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>]

Hi Christophe,

> ppc_md.iommu_save() is not set anymore by any platform after
> commit c40785ad305b ("powerpc/dart: Use a cachable DART").
> So iommu_save() has become a nop and can be removed.

I wonder if it makes sense to have an iommu_restore() without an
iommu_save. Only dart_iommu.c defines an iommu_restore(), but I couldn't
figure out if it was safe to remove and it seems like it still did
something...

> ppc_md.show_percpuinfo() is not set anymore by any platform after
> commit 4350147a816b ("[PATCH] ppc64: SMU based macs cpufreq support").
>
> Last users of ppc_md.rtc_read_val() and ppc_md.rtc_write_val() were
> removed by commit 0f03a43b8f0f ("[POWERPC] Remove todc code from
> ARCH=powerpc")
>
> Last user of kgdb_map_scc() was removed by commit 17ce452f7ea3 ("kgdb,
> powerpc: arch specific powerpc kgdb support").
>
> ppc.machine_kexec_prepare() has not been used since
> commit 8ee3e0d69623 ("powerpc: Remove the main legacy iSerie platform
> code"). This allows the removal of machine_kexec_prepare() and the
> rename of default_machine_kexec_prepare() into machine_kexec_prepare()

I think you should also remove the prototype from
arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h

Apart from that:
Reviewed-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>

Kind regards,
Daniel Axtens