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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: iw_handler.h: Remove unused declaration
 dev_get_wireless_info()
To:     Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
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From:   Yue Haibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
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Date:   Sat, 5 Aug 2023 16:24:04 +0800
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On 2023/8/5 15:53, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 09:36:17PM +0800, Yue Haibing wrote:
>> Commit 556829657397 ("[NL80211]: add netlink interface to cfg80211")
>> declared but never implemented this, remove it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yue Haibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
>> ---
>> v2: fix comment
>> ---
>>  include/net/iw_handler.h | 11 ++---------
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/net/iw_handler.h b/include/net/iw_handler.h
>> index d2ea5863eedc..b2cf243ebe44 100644
>> --- a/include/net/iw_handler.h
>> +++ b/include/net/iw_handler.h
>> @@ -426,17 +426,10 @@ struct iw_public_data {
>>  
>>  /**************************** PROTOTYPES ****************************/
>>  /*
>> - * Functions part of the Wireless Extensions (defined in net/core/wireless.c).
>> - * Those may be called only within the kernel.
>> + * Functions part of the Wireless Extensions (defined in net/wireless/wext-core.c).
> 
> Can I confirm that the wireless.c -> wext-core.c change is intentional?
> It doesn't seem strictly related to the patch description.

Commit 11433ee450eb ("[WEXT]: Move to net/wireless") rename  net/core/wireless.c to net/wireless/wext.c
then commit 3d23e349d807 ("wext: refactor") refactor wext.c to wext-core.c
The wext functions now sits in net/wireless/wext-core.c
This may need describe in patch description.
> 
>> + * Those may be called by driver modules.
>>   */
>>  
>> -/* First : function strictly used inside the kernel */
>> -
>> -/* Handle /proc/net/wireless, called in net/code/dev.c */
>> -int dev_get_wireless_info(char *buffer, char **start, off_t offset, int length);
>> -
>> -/* Second : functions that may be called by driver modules */
>> -
>>  /* Send a single event to user space */
>>  void wireless_send_event(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
>>  			 union iwreq_data *wrqu, const char *extra);
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1
>>
> .
>