Re: [RFC PATCH] scripts: remove namespace.pl

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On 10/8/20 4:25 PM, Jacob Keller wrote:

[snip]

 
> However, given the discussion at [2], I suspect that few people are
> actively using this tool. It doesn't have a maintainer in the
> MAINTAINERS flie, and it produces so many warnings for unused symbols
> that it is difficult to use effectively. Thus, I propose we simply
> remove it.

Agreed. I don't see any evidence that anyone is using it.
Goodbye.

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20200708164812.384ae8ea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190129204319.15238-1-jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20190828.154744.2058157956381129672.davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20190827210928.576c5fef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst |   3 +-
>  Makefile                                   |   6 +-
>  scripts/namespace.pl                       | 473 ---------------------
>  3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 480 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100755 scripts/namespace.pl


-- 
~Randy



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