Re: [PATCH] base: Remove unused DMA_FENCE_TRACE Kconfig symbol

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Christian,

On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 at 12:39, Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 6/19/26 12:03, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Commit d72277b6c37db66b ("dma-buf: nuke DMA_FENCE_TRACE macros v2") in
> > v5.16 removed all users of DMA_FENCE_TRACE on the premise that the
> > Kconfig symbol did not exist.  Apparently one failed to notice the
> > symbol did exist since almost five years before: it was renamed from
> > FENCE_TRACE to DMA_FENCE_TRACE in commit f54d1867005c3323 ("dma-buf:
> > Rename struct fence to dma_fence") in v4.10.
> >
> > Time passed by, so remove the Kconfig symbol, as no one seems to have
> > missed the functionality.
>
> Yeah that functionality should be fully covered by trace points.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> Do you have commit right to drm-misc-next to push this?

No, I have not.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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