2022-04-29 21:21:44

by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] vt: defkeymap.c_shipped remove unused variables

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 09:48:14AM +0800, Zhang Jianhua wrote:
> The global variables 'funcbufptr' 'funcbufsize' and 'funcbufleft' have
> been initialized but not used, they are redundant and remove them.
>
> --------

Why this extra "------" line?

>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Jianhua <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/tty/vt/defkeymap.c_shipped | 4 ----
> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/defkeymap.c_shipped b/drivers/tty/vt/defkeymap.c_shipped
> index 094d95bf0005..80dee50bcb7a 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/vt/defkeymap.c_shipped
> +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/defkeymap.c_shipped
> @@ -185,10 +185,6 @@ char func_buf[] = {
> '\033', '[', 'P', 0,
> };
>
> -char *funcbufptr = func_buf;
> -int funcbufsize = sizeof(func_buf);
> -int funcbufleft = 0; /* space left */
> -
> char *func_table[MAX_NR_FUNC] = {
> func_buf + 0,
> func_buf + 5,
> --
> 2.31.0
>

Shouldn't you fix up the loadkeys tool instead? As the top of this file
says, it is auto-generated and is not something to be hand-edited at
all.

thanks,

greg k-h


2022-05-05 06:34:57

by Zhang Jianhua

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Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] vt: defkeymap.c_shipped remove unused variables


在 2022/4/29 14:39, Greg KH 写道:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 09:48:14AM +0800, Zhang Jianhua wrote:
>> The global variables 'funcbufptr' 'funcbufsize' and 'funcbufleft' have
>> been initialized but not used, they are redundant and remove them.
>>
>> --------
> Why this extra "------" line?

This line "------" means the end of commit message, if it is redundant, I will remove it in next version.

>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Jianhua <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> drivers/tty/vt/defkeymap.c_shipped | 4 ----
>> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/defkeymap.c_shipped b/drivers/tty/vt/defkeymap.c_shipped
>> index 094d95bf0005..80dee50bcb7a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/vt/defkeymap.c_shipped
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/defkeymap.c_shipped
>> @@ -185,10 +185,6 @@ char func_buf[] = {
>> '\033', '[', 'P', 0,
>> };
>>
>> -char *funcbufptr = func_buf;
>> -int funcbufsize = sizeof(func_buf);
>> -int funcbufleft = 0; /* space left */
>> -
>> char *func_table[MAX_NR_FUNC] = {
>> func_buf + 0,
>> func_buf + 5,
>> --
>> 2.31.0
>>
> Shouldn't you fix up the loadkeys tool instead? As the top of this file
> says, it is auto-generated and is not something to be hand-edited at
> all.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
> .
Thanks, I will read the source code more carefully, and fix up the
loadkeys tool if it is indeed a problem.

2022-05-06 09:48:56

by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] vt: defkeymap.c_shipped remove unused variables

On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 11:10:55AM +0800, zhangjianhua (E) wrote:
>
> 在 2022/4/29 14:39, Greg KH 写道:
> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 09:48:14AM +0800, Zhang Jianhua wrote:
> > > The global variables 'funcbufptr' 'funcbufsize' and 'funcbufleft' have
> > > been initialized but not used, they are redundant and remove them.
> > >
> > > --------
> > Why this extra "------" line?
>
> This line "------" means the end of commit message, if it is redundant, I will remove it in next version.

That is not used in kernel changelogs at all, sorry. Please don't add
it in future changes either.

thanks,

greg k-h