From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756623Ab2IJR3Y (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:29:24 -0400 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:9393 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752056Ab2IJR3W (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:29:22 -0400 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:29:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicolas Pitre To: Catalin Marinas Cc: Arnd Bergmann , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 09/31] arm64: Cache maintenance routines In-reply-to: <20120910164815.GB8238@arm.com> Message-id: References: <1347035226-18649-1-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> <1347035226-18649-10-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> <201209071928.09999.arnd@arndb.de> <20120910164815.GB8238@arm.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (LFD 1266 2009-07-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 10 Sep 2012, Catalin Marinas wrote: > On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 08:28:09PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Friday 07 September 2012, Catalin Marinas wrote: > > > + > > > +/* > > > + * dmac_inv_range(start,end) > > > > all of these appear to be unused now. Can you remove them? > > They aren't currently used but I expect some partners to make use of > them on their private development. I could drop them from the upstream > branch temporarily. Depends. If your expectation from those partners is a real probability then it is best to keep a skeleton in place for them to use, otherwise they might get ... creative. If this is just wild speculation then you should drop it. Nicolas