linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] DT/core: cpu

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Date:	Wed, 14 Aug 2013 07:03:59 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <Sudeep.KarkadaNagesha@....com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"rob.herring@...xeda.com" <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] DT/core: cpu_ofnode updates for v3.12

On Tue, 2013-08-13 at 16:40 +0100, Sudeep KarkadaNagesha wrote:
> There seems to be conflict in the new function "of_get_cpu_node" added.
> PowerPC also defines the same function name. Further microblaze and
> openrisc declares it(can be removed) but doesn't define it.
> To fix this:
> 1. I can rename the newly added function to something different like
>    `of_get_cpunode` or
> 2. If of_* namespace should be used by only OF/FDT and not by any
>    architecture specific code, then the arch specific version can be
>    renamed to some thing like arch_of_get_cpu_node.
>    Also most of the calls to arch specific function can be moved to
>    generic code.
> 
> Let me know your thoughts.

What is your new function about ? Does it perform the same job as the
one in powerpc ? If yes, make sure you have the same signature and
either copy the powerpc one over to a generic place or make the generic
one weak if you don't want the powerpc thread counting logic.

Cheers,
Ben.


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