# Re: \[PATCH\] drivers:md: Remove no longer needed fixme comment in raid5.c

- From: NeilBrown \<hidden\>
- Date: 2014-12-17 23:19:18 
- List: linux-raid
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-raid/2014/12/4396972
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-raid/2014/12/4396972/t.md

```text
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:49:33 -0500 Nicholas Krause [ref]
wrote:

> Removes the no longer needed fix me comment related to not needing the agrument faster for the function,
> sync_request. Due to getting warnings when building without the agrument it seems that this fix me was
> wrong and we must keep this agrument in order to avoid build warnings when building without it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <redacted>
> ---
>  drivers/md/raid5.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> index c1b0d52..c0fde2a 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> @@ -4986,7 +4986,6 @@ ret:
>  	return reshape_sectors;
>  }
>  
> -/* FIXME go_faster isn't used */
>  static inline sector_t sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr, int *skipped, int go_faster)
>  {
>  	struct r5conf *conf = mddev->private;


Why do you think the comment is no longer needed.  Is "go_faster" being used
now?  Is there a clear explanation somewhere of why "go_faster" should not be
used?

NeilBrown
```

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