linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] device property: don't bother the drivers with struct property

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Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 2016 13:03:16 +0000
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] device property: don't bother the drivers with struct
 property_set

On Fri, 26 Feb 2016, Heikki Krogerus wrote:

> Since device_add_property_set() now always takes a copy of
> the property_set, and also since the fwnode type is always
> hard coded to be FWNODE_PDATA, there is no need for the
> drivers to deliver the entire struct property_set. The
> function can just create the instance of it on its own and
> bind the properties from the drivers to it on the spot.
> 
> This renames device_add_property_set() to
> device_add_properties(). The function now takes struct
> property_entry as its parameter instead of struct
> property_set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-tegra/board-paz00.c |  6 +-----
>  drivers/base/platform.c           | 19 ++++++++++---------
>  drivers/base/property.c           | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  drivers/mfd/intel-lpss-acpi.c     |  6 +-----
>  drivers/mfd/intel-lpss-pci.c      | 14 +++-----------
>  drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c          |  2 +-
>  drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.h          |  2 +-
>  drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c            |  4 ++--

Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>

>  include/linux/mfd/core.h          |  2 +-
>  include/linux/platform_device.h   |  4 ++--
>  include/linux/property.h          | 15 +++------------
>  11 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
> 
> Hi Rafael,
> 
> This depends on Johannes' wireless next tree:
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211-next.git

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