From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail•com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux•intel.com>
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss•qualcomm.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation•org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel•org>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel•org>,
Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail•com>,
Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux•intel.com>,
Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux•intel.com>,
Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki•fi>,
Janusz Krzysztofik <jmkrzyszt@gmail•com>,
Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide•com>,
Russell King <linux@armlinux•org.uk>,
Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre•com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb•de>,
brgl@kernel•org, driver-core@lists•linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger•kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org,
linux-omap@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] software node: remove software_node_exit()
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 12:46:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ac7G9Vp68MgvV2rM@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ac6XAyjxTct_WCEI@ashevche-desk.local>
On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 07:19:15PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 04:15:03PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > software_node_exit() is an __exitcall() in a built-in compilation unit
> > so effectively dead code. Remove it.
>
> a dead code
"
In technical writing, "dead code" is typically treated as an uncountable
noun, meaning it does not need the article "a" when referring to it as a
category or state.
"
Thanks.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-02 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-02 14:15 [PATCH v5 0/4] ARM: omap1: use real firmware node lookup for GPIOs on Nokia 770 Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-04-02 14:15 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] kernel: ksysfs: initialize kernel_kobj earlier Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-04-02 16:39 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-04-02 16:40 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-04-02 14:15 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] software node: remove software_node_exit() Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-04-02 16:19 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-02 19:46 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2026-04-02 14:15 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] driver core: make software nodes available earlier Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-04-02 16:20 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-02 14:15 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] ARM: omap1: enable real software node lookup of GPIOs on Nokia 770 Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-04-02 16:23 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-02 17:32 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-04-03 7:23 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-04-02 16:29 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] ARM: omap1: use real firmware node lookup for " Danilo Krummrich
2026-04-04 13:47 ` (subset) " Danilo Krummrich
2026-04-07 14:16 ` Andy Shevchenko
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