From: Leon Pelzmann <brunonick1801@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com, teddy.wang@siliconmotion.com,
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Leon Pelzmann <brunonick1801@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: sm750fb: remove ineffective sw_i2c_wait() busy loop
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2026 22:54:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261115215427.112315-1-brunonick1801@gmail.com> (raw)
sw_i2c_wait() is meant to insert a delay between the bit-banged I2C
operations, but it only consists of a loop that computes a value into
a local variable which is never read. The loop has no side effects, so
the compiler removes it entirely and the function compiles to nothing.
With W=1 this also triggers:
ddk750_swi2c.c:95:16: error: variable 'tmp' set but not used
[-Werror=unused-but-set-variable=]
Remove the function and all of its call sites. The I2C timing is not
changed by this: the object code of ddk750_swi2c.o (x86_64, gcc,
allmodconfig) is identical before and after this change.
The W=1 warning was found by building the driver, and the change was
prepared with the help of an AI coding assistant (Claude); it was
verified by comparing the objdump output before and after the change.
Signed-off-by: Leon Pelzmann <brunonick1801@gmail.com>
---
drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.c | 34 --------------------------
1 file changed, 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.c
index e63f3b00ec..e298bf3128 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.c
@@ -75,31 +75,6 @@ static unsigned long sw_i2c_data_gpio_mux_reg = GPIO_MUX;
static unsigned long sw_i2c_data_gpio_data_reg = GPIO_DATA;
static unsigned long sw_i2c_data_gpio_data_dir_reg = GPIO_DATA_DIRECTION;
-/*
- * This function puts a delay between command
- */
-static void sw_i2c_wait(void)
-{
- /* find a bug:
- * peekIO method works well before suspend/resume
- * but after suspend, peekIO(0x3ce,0x61) & 0x10
- * always be non-zero,which makes the while loop
- * never finish.
- * use non-ultimate for loop below is safe
- */
-
- /* Change wait algorithm to use PCI bus clock,
- * it's more reliable than counter loop ..
- * write 0x61 to 0x3ce and read from 0x3cf
- */
- int i, tmp;
-
- for (i = 0; i < 600; i++) {
- tmp = i;
- tmp += i;
- }
-}
-
/*
* This function set/reset the SCL GPIO pin
*
@@ -257,11 +232,8 @@ static long sw_i2c_write_byte(unsigned char data)
else
sw_i2c_sda(0);
- sw_i2c_wait();
-
/* Toggle clk line to one */
sw_i2c_scl(1);
- sw_i2c_wait();
/* Shift byte to be sent */
value = value << 1;
@@ -272,9 +244,7 @@ static long sw_i2c_write_byte(unsigned char data)
sw_i2c_sda(1);
/* Set the SCL High for ack */
- sw_i2c_wait();
sw_i2c_scl(1);
- sw_i2c_wait();
/* Read SDA, until SDA==0 */
for (i = 0; i < 0xff; i++) {
@@ -282,9 +252,7 @@ static long sw_i2c_write_byte(unsigned char data)
break;
sw_i2c_scl(0);
- sw_i2c_wait();
sw_i2c_scl(1);
- sw_i2c_wait();
}
/* Set the SCL Low and SDA High */
@@ -316,11 +284,9 @@ static unsigned char sw_i2c_read_byte(unsigned char ack)
/* Set the SCL to Low and SDA to High (Input) */
sw_i2c_scl(0);
sw_i2c_sda(1);
- sw_i2c_wait();
/* Set the SCL High */
sw_i2c_scl(1);
- sw_i2c_wait();
/* Read data bits from SDA */
data |= (sw_i2c_read_sda() << i);
--
2.56.0
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