[PATCH] Clean up some extra unused arguments in fs/ubifs/

Artem Bityutskiy dedekind at infradead.org
Fri Jul 17 03:28:38 EDT 2009


On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 11:51 +0530, Subrata Modak wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> "const struct ubifs_info *c" exists as an extra argument for major
> function definitions under the "fs/ubifs/*" code. The reason why
> this extra argument exists is based on assumtion that there
> will be several key schemes. It is possible to add more than one,
> but we use only one. When there is practically no usage of them
> presently, they can be removed, and if needed can be added later.
> 
> The following patch does that by removing:
> 1) "const struct ubifs_info *c" where it is not used/necessary,
> 2) remove xent_key_init_hash() function, as it is also not used,
> 3) remove data_key_init_flash() function, as it is also not used anywhere,

Fine with 2 and 3. Not fine with 1, unless it makes the code smaller
or more optimal.

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Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)




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