Am 12.07.2017 um 09:41 hat Markus Armbruster geschrieben: > Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> writes: > > > On 07/11/2017 11:37 AM, Manos Pitsidianakis wrote: > >> This function is not used anywhere, so remove it. > >> > > > > Might be interesting to figure out when it WAS last used. > > Yes. When I see "remove X because it's unused" during patch review, I > immediately ask "why is it unused now, and what was it used for > previously?" Ideally, the commit message answers these questions > preemptively. > > > If I grepped > > correctly, it was commit 21fcf360 back in May 2012? > > Yes. "fdc: simplify media change handling". I suspect that commit > broke media change for passed-through host floppy. > > Its only implementation went away in commit f709623 "block: Remove host > floppy support". > > Suggest > > block: bdrv_media_changed() is unused, remove > > The i82078 floppy device model used to call bdrv_media_changed() to > implement its media change bit when backed by a host floppy. This > went away in 21fcf36 "fdc: simplify media change handling". > Probably broke host floppy media change. Host floppy pass-through > was dropped in commit f709623. bdrv_media_changed() has never been > used for anything else. Remove it.
Manos, if you're happy with this, I can update the commit message while applying the series. Kevin