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    SubjectRe: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.14 044/252] staging: rtl8188eu: remove rtw_wx_set_rate handler function
    On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 07:37:38AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
    > From: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
    >
    > [ Upstream commit ac5951a6e3d50cfa861ea83baa2ec15d994389cb ]
    >
    > Remove rtw_wx_set_rate handler function, which currently handles the
    > SIOCSIWRATE wext ioctl. This function (although containing a lot of
    > code) set nothing outside its own local variables, and did nothing other
    > than call a now removed debugging statement repeatedly. Removing it and
    > leaving its associated entry in rtw_handlers as NULL is therefore the
    > better option. Removing this function also fixes a kernel test robot
    > warning.
    >
    > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
    > Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
    > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210625191658.1299-1-phil@philpotter.co.uk
    > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
    > ---
    > .../staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 75 -------------------
    > 1 file changed, 75 deletions(-)

    This whole driver is now gone in 5.15-rc1, so no need for doing anything
    like this for older kernels. Please drop this patch from all branches.

    thanks,

    greg k-h

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