Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: pxa: pxa2xx: Remove 'pxa2xx_pinctrl_exit()' which is unused and broken

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Jun 01 2020 - 17:03:30 EST


On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 01:31:23PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Le 01/06/2020 à 10:58, Robert Jarzmik a écrit :
> > Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > Commit 6d33ee7a0534 ("pinctrl: pxa: Use devm_pinctrl_register() for pinctrl registration")
> > > has turned a 'pinctrl_register()' into 'devm_pinctrl_register()' in
> > > 'pxa2xx_pinctrl_init()'.
> > > However, the corresponding 'pinctrl_unregister()' call in
> > > 'pxa2xx_pinctrl_exit()' has not been removed.
> > >
> > > This is not an issue, because 'pxa2xx_pinctrl_exit()' is unused.
> > > Remove it now to avoid some wondering in the future and save a few LoC.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Would be even a better patch with a :
> > Fixes: 6d33ee7a0534 ("pinctrl: pxa: Use devm_pinctrl_register() for pinctrl registration")
>
> I was wondering it was was needed in this case.
> The patch does not really fix anything, as the function is unused. Or it
> fixes things on a theoretical point of view.

There is no concensus... We should call a vote on this at Kernel
Summit. :P

regards,
dan carpenter