[PATCH 05/14] drivers/firmware/sdei: Remove sdei_get_conduit()

[James Morse]

Hi Gavin,

On 06/07/2020 06:47, Gavin Shan wrote:
> There are some logics in sdei_get_conduit() can be safely dropped:
> 
>    * There are no associated device node with the platform device,
>      so it's pointless to check on it.

This is for DT. Its looking up the conduit in the binding. See
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/firmware/sdei.txt.


>    * ACPI functionality has been verified when the platform device
>      is added in sdei_init(). So it's unnecessary to recheck.

This is so that a kernel built without ACPI support can have all that code removed at
compile time. The check appears repeatedly to ensure the compiler knows this is dead code.


Thanks,

James