From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-dy1-f176.google.com (mail-dy1-f176.google.com [74.125.82.176]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE4343815E5 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:46:34 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=74.125.82.176 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775159196; cv=none; b=mvUF0urKvpENw42ev/1p1wfuIZasjylYxmlggXBim/JR9JYMLJG+f6PKk1PfNfJhbCZQlDei9UMfUotleqFHhSVPi/BhWznzopbIOyroe34FU0B98H9IWpNSe80h7pNCpYNwhVZKGoZhlcI4acfOXweZynI5GCtMPwXdYGEeRPA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775159196; c=relaxed/simple; bh=a9mBHdHYjDCom9dl6l1w9FC+LnPt+WHcW/12owPHJL0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=n3/6y/TOBbaElaI/Na8LFSDib3LVWu8dlWNL9iVr5RLIFUmetD5E5ouAO0c+6n+jo/KKScJOdBj9HUTJl5yllqjpe4tQhkgmd95jiXytApRuXdre6Wn2/2FzlaqAFL1S+IVI2u+wVrz8sYkDQ6Wmy+xuH56HCddClb6VsWf/qwg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b=XNWJZBzU; arc=none smtp.client-ip=74.125.82.176 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="XNWJZBzU" Received: by mail-dy1-f176.google.com with SMTP id 5a478bee46e88-2c54c68db4dso2343621eec.0 for ; Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:46:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20251104; t=1775159194; x=1775763994; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=ofPgXZblW8ELQEADO7eYp8kSVBKt5eY0/Ab8e9t8nZY=; b=XNWJZBzUcvFlqSHkdNmUU260GOLZZyljLAE44u6iYkbdvzA4rvfSP4nBndQFMWezDC pwei9+uN9XO4RpYSGLCuk98oI5fdwd8WvisWQe1WXTmAsIoMDm6xarmGVYgT4zYmkan9 rEd03LpxO1KP8cfDUDBrPXHj7X9bI8lvkd2TfYgKM4TsRceSTq/kPGZ56LYLIgv9pqR1 iM2GPVT2KCjbcnSMQyxLts5JqFQtrI6yGLVVqLaCsFBsyMJicvdrtAssLw6rHCnCTBzR 8SHg47pnb9q83GtpEBlNrMWst5xoYRx5q+n35ThaIi+1EiztPkE8Wxh7l72Fsr/XviUy /t4Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20251104; t=1775159194; x=1775763994; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=ofPgXZblW8ELQEADO7eYp8kSVBKt5eY0/Ab8e9t8nZY=; b=T6cagJthc/m/Ru+gI4VGNs8oAYTbgkM4q8IRf18WdpEb1YL5fUmZ4xorLYRkfXDvVF iTdx15uyMoGpWKdPi3N9jIM2yC7Yml/vtKWf1XAT3CxO3wZg9RGPGg2XrRq1FUMWcBbx fGFOpam0khWGEwuwxiScEfh2ypKHwpCYIhdaeJD3Bt6daC0M1WLXbNm/9pB2n7LD03wq NrLFRUkGIlTigbgyRid/ERZnQrvgCeFCazU2xTMc6pUVqfWPrwlKvBKEEs9QIbyAw4Qw 72LLyE9l4nN9a1cwc4+Kkjl0ea+j99maMDsNmpf6kyCQg5oEvEeZdiv2XHYENbTnLTAr uRPA== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCURRZVgeipTZDP6OhIQdARa5JkAS7sUG23wt9fZgBDxgW05vXts5o8/VytZa83tAJiwkn7xEm2fOSBMWkc=@vger.kernel.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxPJ14jWx6VKtflQ04zDII58BkRt1j5nvcisGxqO+/Ho99ZYLoJ uYizw/NzUdyQy4cP6yUs2foOAmXkHbinVBuiv4JOuOk9aBASGbhEiqJb X-Gm-Gg: AeBDietaAUq2YPV6Nw9n6MgApBzbOm+yiYruOlKRJyb9u7omUlTEI2u2vZJfD3Vky2O FTiy2bp6p4yCwFQGHyo51wqSeZ88bGmCYDW9r97e7AuAoKESyaMJA136KlB4kVY3+Zf1f0jGFIu vUGa1JFmczFOBcnPbx/+xGJYFPoGU7R03TcLP8WJROG6CuVs1WeNne72BBHVVfT/c2CxR6RoePP 6Zu41zh3THDrZesddjsZOYebJzgVjb8Fr85REWFYXOFN3JB8KMkRhvGDR7khh16ErWL0njkmhEm k8s3h/wIDqxFdxyGdMK4hRwyElFvw/aYH8BhNVgRgTB+5ClCEdAOWLe5R6hoX65hBmUeyVTP5IW UiYN8nGHX2Y2bHAuq6Y9FHjr/pdqeSEVHtTctFwBG9sTOH9TuJXxZrg+8Nz3TiW6cXRGDcJRTK4 lkB+lNvAsCHeblXXQtq0TWAHsZW2W7OXpxp9GohLjyB1QFuCYBWqnSNhmrPO3l01d9 X-Received: by 2002:a05:7300:691d:b0:2b9:80c1:bb5 with SMTP id 5a478bee46e88-2cbfcd4876cmr252532eec.33.1775159193940; Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from google.com ([2a00:79e0:2ebe:8:902a:cd8d:1c0d:8926]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5a478bee46e88-2ca79e1d331sm3349493eec.13.2026.04.02.12.46.32 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 12:46:29 -0700 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "Rafael J. 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> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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