Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove rtw_ioctl function
From: gregkh
Date: Tue Aug 10 2021 - 06:23:02 EST
On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 10:08:31AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 9:45 AM Phillip Potter <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > -int rtw_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
> > -{
> > - struct iwreq *wrq = (struct iwreq *)rq;
> > - int ret = 0;
> > -
> > - switch (cmd) {
> > - case RTL_IOCTL_WPA_SUPPLICANT:
> > - ret = wpa_supplicant_ioctl(dev, &wrq->u.data);
> > - break;
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_88EU_AP_MODE
> > - case RTL_IOCTL_HOSTAPD:
> > - ret = rtw_hostapd_ioctl(dev, &wrq->u.data);
> > - break;
> > -#endif /* CONFIG_88EU_AP_MODE */
> > - case SIOCDEVPRIVATE:
> > - ret = rtw_ioctl_wext_private(dev, &wrq->u);
> > - break;
>
>
> I think these functions are all defined 'static' in the same file, so
> removing the
> caller will cause a warning about an unused function. Better remove the
> called functions along with the caller.
I get no build warnings/errors with this patch applied, which is odd.
So I'll take this for now, but a follow-on patch to remove these unused
functions would be great to have.
thanks,
greg k-h