netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] of_mdio: move of_mdio_parse

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2017 14:00:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jon.mason@...adcom.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        frowand.list@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        liviu@...au.co.uk, mpe@...erman.id.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] of_mdio: move of_mdio_parse_addr to header
 file

From: Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:56:08 -0400

> The of_mdio_parse_addr() helper function is useful to other code, but
> the module dependency chain causes issues.  To work around this, we can
> move of_mdio_parse_addr() to be an inline function in the header file.
> This gets rid of the dependencies and still allows for the reuse of
> code.
> 
> Reported-by: Liviu Dudau <liviu@...au.co.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>
> Fixes: 342fa1964439 ("mdio: mux: make child bus walking more permissive and errors more verbose")

Applied, thank you.