Re: [PATCH v1 net-next] net: mscc: ocelot: un-export unused regmap symbols

From: Colin Foster
Date: Sat Feb 04 2023 - 12:44:30 EST


On Sat, Feb 04, 2023 at 03:34:39AM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 04:12:11PM -0800, Colin Foster wrote:
> > There are no external users of the vsc7514_*_regmap[] symbols. They were
> > exported in commit 32ecd22ba60b ("net: mscc: ocelot: split register
> > definitions to a separate file") with the intention of being used, but the
> > actual structure used in commit 2efaca411c96 ("net: mscc: ocelot: expose
> > vsc7514_regmap definition") ended up being all that was needed.
> >
> > Bury these unnecessary symbols.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Foster <colin.foster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> These can be unexported too:
>
> extern const struct vcap_field vsc7514_vcap_es0_keys[];
> extern const struct vcap_field vsc7514_vcap_es0_actions[];
> extern const struct vcap_field vsc7514_vcap_is1_keys[];
> extern const struct vcap_field vsc7514_vcap_is1_actions[];
> extern const struct vcap_field vsc7514_vcap_is2_keys[];
> extern const struct vcap_field vsc7514_vcap_is2_actions[];

I was as positive as I could have been that I'd grepped (grept?) and saw
those used in Seville, Felix, and ocelot_ext yesterday. I'll fix this
up, and thanks for checking!

>
> I guess we make exceptions for the 24 hour reposting rule when the patch
> has been reviewed?