Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 05. 12. 23, 13:07, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> clang-struct [1] found that ee_antenna in struct ath5k_eeprom_info is
>>> unused. The commit 1048643ea94d ("ath5k: Clean up eeprom
>>> parsing and add missing calibration data") added it, but did not use it
>>> in any way. Neither, there is a later user.
>>>
>>> So remove that unused member.
>>>
>>> [1] https://github.com/jirislaby/clang-struct
>>
>> clang-struct looks really nice, especially if it can also find unused
>> structures.
>
> It can...
Nice!
>> What about unused defines or enums, any chance to find those
>> in the future? :)
>
> All of that is IMO possible (I'm not completely sure about macros,
> despite clang ASTs provide a lot of info. Incl. info about them and
> their expansion).
Too bad, I wish that there would be a tool for that. I suspect wireless
drivers have unused defines and enums, it would be nice to clean up
that.
> It's all limited only by man-force: me.
Yeah, I guessed that. Thanks for making this tool available, hopefully
more people start using it.
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