On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 07:16:44AM +0300, listdansp wrote: > This patch was prepare in according to secure programming conception. I do not understand what that means. > In practice it indeed simply remove unused code. Yes, it did, but why should that be added to a stable kernel tree? > If you're thinking, that this patch is useless, we don't insist on applying > it. I'm confused as to why you thought it should have been applied at all. Why did your testing deem it needed? thanks, greg k-h