linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] firmware_class: Reorganize fw_create

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Message-ID: <20120327214941.GA21812@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:49:41 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Saravana Kannan <skannan@...eaurora.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...glemail.com>,
	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Linux PM mailing list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] firmware_class: Reorganize fw_create_instance()

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:47:06PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 27, 2012, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > Recent patches to split up the three phases of request_firmware()
> > lead to a casting away of const in fw_create_instance(). We can
> > avoid this cast by splitting up fw_create_instance() a bit.
> > 
> > Make _request_firmware_setup() return a struct fw_priv and use
> > that struct instead of passing struct firmware to
> > _request_firmware(). Move the uevent and device file creation
> > bits to the loading phase and rename the function to
> > _request_firmware_load() to better reflect its purpose.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> 
> Looks good to me.
> 
> Greg, if that's fine with you, I'll add this patch (and the next one)
> to my firmware_class series you've looked at recently.

Yes, it's fine with me:
	Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

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