Re: [PATCH 1/1] PCI: hv: Remove unused field pci_bus in struct hv_pcibus_device

From: Srivatsa S. Bhat

Date: Mon Jan 12 2026 - 09:40:03 EST


Hi Michael,

On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 09:00:34AM -0800, mhkelley58@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Field pci_bus in struct hv_pcibus_device is unused since
> commit 418cb6c8e051 ("PCI: hv: Generify PCI probing"). Remove it.
>

Since that commit is several years old (2021), I was curious if this was found by
manual inspection or if the compiler was able to flag the unused
variable as well.

> No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat (Microsoft) <srivatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Srivatsa
Microsoft Linux Systems Group

> ---
> drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c
> index 1e237d3538f9..7fcba05cec30 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c
> @@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ struct hv_pcibus_device {
> struct resource *low_mmio_res;
> struct resource *high_mmio_res;
> struct completion *survey_event;
> - struct pci_bus *pci_bus;
> spinlock_t config_lock; /* Avoid two threads writing index page */
> spinlock_t device_list_lock; /* Protect lists below */
> void __iomem *cfg_addr;
> --
> 2.25.1
>
>