From: Dan Williams <dcbw-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Roland Dreier <rdreier-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "John W. Linville"
<linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>,
netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] libertas: Remove unused exports
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:12:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1203966724.6981.29.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aday79b571e.fsf_-_-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 20:10 -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
> Any chance of getting this applied? It seems the build is still
> broken on ia64 at least due to the export of static functions.
> ---
Normal route is to linux-wireless@...
However; if the symbols aren't used anywhere in
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/*, it makes no sense to keep them around &
exported.
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
>
> The libertas driver exports a number of symbols with no in-tree
> users; remove these unused exports. lbs_reset_device() is completely
> unused, with no callers at all, so remove the function completely.
>
> A couple of these unused exported symbols are static, which causes the
> following build error on ia64 with gcc 4.2.3:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c:1375: error: __ksymtab_lbs_remove_mesh causes a section type conflict
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c:1354: error: __ksymtab_lbs_add_mesh causes a section type conflict
>
> This patch fixes this problem. I don't have hardware, so this is not
> run-tested, but I tested the build with
>
> CONFIG_LIBERTAS=y
> CONFIG_LIBERTAS_USB=m
> CONFIG_LIBERTAS_CS=m
> CONFIG_LIBERTAS_SDIO=m
>
> and there were no problems with undefined symbols.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
> index eab0203..b3c1acb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c
> @@ -1040,7 +1040,6 @@ int lbs_mesh_access(struct lbs_private *priv, uint16_t cmd_action,
> lbs_deb_leave(LBS_DEB_CMD);
> return ret;
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_mesh_access);
>
> int lbs_mesh_config(struct lbs_private *priv, uint16_t enable, uint16_t chan)
> {
> @@ -1576,7 +1575,6 @@ done:
> lbs_deb_leave_args(LBS_DEB_HOST, "ret %d", ret);
> return ret;
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_prepare_and_send_command);
>
> /**
> * @brief This function allocates the command buffer and link
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/decl.h b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/decl.h
> index aaacd9b..4e22341 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/decl.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/decl.h
> @@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ struct lbs_private *lbs_add_card(void *card, struct device *dmdev);
> int lbs_remove_card(struct lbs_private *priv);
> int lbs_start_card(struct lbs_private *priv);
> int lbs_stop_card(struct lbs_private *priv);
> -int lbs_reset_device(struct lbs_private *priv);
> void lbs_host_to_card_done(struct lbs_private *priv);
>
> int lbs_update_channel(struct lbs_private *priv);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> index 84fb49c..1eaf6af 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> @@ -1351,8 +1350,6 @@ done:
> lbs_deb_leave_args(LBS_DEB_MESH, "ret %d", ret);
> return ret;
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_add_mesh);
> -
>
> static void lbs_remove_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv)
> {
> @@ -1372,7 +1369,6 @@ static void lbs_remove_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv)
> free_netdev(mesh_dev);
> lbs_deb_leave(LBS_DEB_MESH);
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_remove_mesh);
>
> /**
> * @brief This function finds the CFP in
> @@ -1458,20 +1454,6 @@ void lbs_interrupt(struct lbs_private *priv)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_interrupt);
>
> -int lbs_reset_device(struct lbs_private *priv)
> -{
> - int ret;
> -
> - lbs_deb_enter(LBS_DEB_MAIN);
> - ret = lbs_prepare_and_send_command(priv, CMD_802_11_RESET,
> - CMD_ACT_HALT, 0, 0, NULL);
> - msleep_interruptible(10);
> -
> - lbs_deb_leave_args(LBS_DEB_MAIN, "ret %d", ret);
> - return ret;
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_reset_device);
> -
> static int __init lbs_init_module(void)
> {
> lbs_deb_enter(LBS_DEB_MAIN);
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-25 19:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-09 0:07 [PATCH] libertas: Don't mark exported symbols as static Roland Dreier
2008-02-09 0:28 ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-02-09 2:01 ` Roland Dreier
2008-02-09 4:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-02-09 13:52 ` Dan Williams
2008-02-12 23:08 ` [PATCH] libertas: Remove unused exports Roland Dreier
2008-02-24 4:10 ` [PATCH RESEND] " Roland Dreier
[not found] ` <aday79b571e.fsf_-_-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-02-25 19:12 ` Dan Williams [this message]
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