From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk (zeniv.linux.org.uk [62.89.141.173]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BFBF0318EF4; Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:41:38 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=62.89.141.173 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786902101; cv=none; b=ILqhLp9ooqQTrq1hHPFZbEBuOwzN3uW715HuFTnOL7fpFEySD0ZlEHH2GhN5xTPuZkp1Ypc7ZredtJgTTsOxDthTlTyq4rK8pVrj7V++vpkubsesrhppqt705ApYaZt6RnV+8fgptA6ksVJCW/kpO1V5ROt7ueBOzXSNj6z4ACU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786902101; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ImVkDC+Cz7m9YLv8RA70eoorQ2LMC1IYDMuyYo3Oh2c=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=dQ1HheMpMSunzOEtIHVHa8atFanWKJgRcjmKcMdONPj15+rnU4qGMum562LLqUoaSs4opfnDbjdIQkFkGnUYavyNX/Dkaq74Rntxjabt7Ghw6MDrnP/wNOsVPmDjADxnJRFsT9/rFaMuPwhImIeGIItoGx3hjBTEDnEGuifPOR8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=zeniv.linux.org.uk; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=ftp.linux.org.uk; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=linux.org.uk header.i=@linux.org.uk header.b=vAtabzjm; arc=none smtp.client-ip=62.89.141.173 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=zeniv.linux.org.uk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=ftp.linux.org.uk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=linux.org.uk header.i=@linux.org.uk header.b="vAtabzjm" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.org.uk; s=zeniv-20220401; h=Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=pv8HnO0neC3QXg07WGvX4zl0tgMmJi6+7pa3VI0iQZ0=; b=vAtabzjmGDLUZEiXB4qGC8alH5 I5jSwhzhCxoADzpQvXL+IoS9jHDHyIXhUAKWJM/NSC8df5VJf3K510gBjXNy4frmB8pMt8pmAYy5Y 6tW9hP/UBK6b9fTJEqOMM4s2LBC9LOvqnwaM1qb3mbKOEwUcqyClcOzgiwq47UL1EcqK6BP1QR4L9 7BMD+e5MQVHIHeFkgRxrFrhv8V4JdsmdgMV5HxF1B1M0lRMRrJ7cqz1hC2iivbrdBfvcnLoDbEtad s+M/Tdjlp2P1tfEusprOl6bzmOYxGJF9eQKDwOQAKtJUlUxFRpJLUBQyzoGz9q+2V+WP4FwYB4c3r 5m9XnuGg==; Received: from viro by zeniv.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.99.4 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wverS-00000005BMR-1U34; Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:41:30 +0000 Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:41:29 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Julian Braha Cc: richard.henderson@linaro.org, linmag7@gmail.com, qi.zheng@linux.dev, akpm@linux-foundation.org, geert@linux-m68k.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com, rppt@kernel.org, joao@joaoff.com, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] alpha: cleanup dead ALPHA_LARGE_VMALLOC Message-ID: <20260816174129.GU2636677@ZenIV> References: <20260816143835.1068971-1-julianbraha@gmail.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: <20260816143835.1068971-1-julianbraha@gmail.com> Sender: Al Viro On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 03:38:35PM +0100, Julian Braha wrote: > Currently, the ALPHA_LARGE_VMALLOC config option can never be enabled, > meaning that all references to it are dead code. > > Let's remove this dead option and its associated code. > > This dead code was found by kconfirm, a static analysis tool for Kconfig. See https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251130030146.GN3538@ZenIV/