Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] serial: core: Remove unused PORT_* definitions

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sat Aug 19 2023 - 06:41:16 EST


On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 02:12:29PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> For the last couple of years Linux kernel got rid of a few architectures
> and many platforms. Hence some PORT_* definitions in the serial_core.h
> become unused and redundant. Remove them for good.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/uapi/linux/serial_core.h | 43 ++------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/serial_core.h b/include/uapi/linux/serial_core.h
> index 281fa286555c..c361570a334f 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/serial_core.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/serial_core.h
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
> */
> #define PORT_NS16550A 14
> #define PORT_XSCALE 15
> -#define PORT_RM9000 16 /* PMC-Sierra RM9xxx internal UART */
> +

I'm all for removing these defines, but are you sure they are not used
in any userspace code? Ususally a debian code search is good enough
"proof" of this, did you do that?

thanks,

greg k-h