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