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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Andy Yan <ayan@marvell.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	Ying Chu <jasonchu@marvell.com>,
	"linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] mvsas: Deadlocks meet when TMF tasks issue
Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 03:30:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A053133.1060907@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5FF020A1CFFEEC49BD1E09530C4FF5956BCA03C8@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com>

Andy Yan wrote:
> James,
> 	For considering the possibility of future use, I did not remove the parameter; I will check this and remove it with next patch if it is OK.


Generally, we encourage immediate elimination of all code not actively used.

The only major exception to this rule is structures or ABI that are 
visible to userland, such as ioctls, where we must maintain binary 
compatibility.

	Jeff



  reply	other threads:[~2009-05-09  7:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-08  6:16 [PATCH 2/4] mvsas: Deadlocks meet when TMF tasks issue Ying Chu
2009-05-08 15:49 ` James Bottomley
2009-05-08 22:05   ` Jeff Garzik
2009-05-09  7:25     ` Andy Yan
2009-05-09  7:30       ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2009-05-09 15:05       ` James Bottomley

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