linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: arizona-micsupp: Fix build errors with CONFIG

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Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 2014 17:59:31 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	lgirdwood@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	patches@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: arizona-micsupp: Fix build errors with
 CONFIG_OF not defined

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 09:30:53PM +0100, Charles Keepax wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 05:11:38PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 04:55:40PM +0100, Charles Keepax wrote:

> > > Some of the OF handling functions do not have empty alternatives defined
> > > if CONFIG_OF is not defined. This patch ifdefs out the offending code.

> > Which functions and why is it not better to provide the stubs?

> Specifically of_get_child_by_name, of_parse_handle and
> of_node_put, I guess stub would probably be better. I will do
> a patch for that instead.

There's already a stub for of_get_child_by_name() in current code.
of_parse_handle() might not be ideal, I'd need to check the usage, but
I'd definitely expect to see a stub for of_node_put(), it's quite common
to need it even for fairly basic parsing.

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