Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] at24: Drop of_match_ptr() and ACPI_PTR() protections

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Tue Feb 25 2025 - 05:35:09 EST


On Tue, Feb 25, 2025, at 11:08, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> These result in a very small reduction in driver size, but at the cost
> of more complex build and slightly harder to read code. In the case of
> of_match_ptr() it also prevents use of PRP0001 ACPI based identification.
> In this particular case we have a valid ACPI/PNP ID that should be used
> in preference to PRP0001 but doesn't mean we should prevent that route.
>
> With this done, drop unneeded of*.h inclusions and __maybe_unused markers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

For reference, see below for a couple of patches in this area that
I have sent in the past. Ideally I think we should try to fix these
all up and enable -Wunused-const-variable, which is useful in its
own right.

Your patch does not address a warning, but it's still a step
in that direction.

Arnd