fix: resolve lint failures from dead code cleanup (#264)

Signed-off-by: Sahitya Chandra <sahityajb@gmail.com>

Author: sahitya-chandra

internal/controller/helper.go

@@ -20,22 +20,6 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
-
-// stringMapEqual checks if two string maps are equal.
-func stringMapEqual(a, b map[string]string) bool {
-	if len(a) != len(b) {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	for k, v := range a {
-		if b[k] != v {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
-
 // conditionsEqual checks if two condition slices are equal.
 func conditionsEqual(a, b []corev1.NodeCondition) bool {
 	if len(a) != len(b) {

internal/controller/nodereadinessrule_controller.go

@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ func (r *RuleReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.
 		return r.reconcileDelete(ctx, rule, nodeList)
 	}
 
-
 	// Update rule cache (after cleanup)
 	r.Controller.updateRuleCache(ctx, rule)
 
@@ -452,7 +451,6 @@ func (r *RuleReadinessController) updateRuleCache(ctx context.Context, rule *rea
 		"resourceVersion", ruleCopy.ResourceVersion)
 }
 
-
 // removeRuleFromCache removes a rule from cache.
 func (r *RuleReadinessController) removeRuleFromCache(ctx context.Context, ruleName string) {
 	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
@@ -599,7 +597,6 @@ func (r *RuleReadinessController) cleanupTaintsForRule(ctx context.Context, rule
 	return nil
 }
 
-
 func (r *RuleReconciler) ensureFinalizer(ctx context.Context, rule *readinessv1alpha1.NodeReadinessRule, finalizer string) (finalizerAdded bool, err error) {
 	// Finalizers can only be added when the deletionTimestamp is not set.
 	if !rule.GetDeletionTimestamp().IsZero() {