linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 06/19] driver/core: cpu: initialize of

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Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:18:52 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <Sudeep.KarkadaNagesha@....com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>,
	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/19] driver/core: cpu: initialize of_node in cpu's
 device struture

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:30:08AM +0100, Sudeep KarkadaNagesha wrote:
> From: Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@....com>
> 
> CPUs are also registered as devices but the of_node in these cpu
> devices are not initialized. Currently different drivers requiring
> to access cpu device node are parsing the nodes themselves and
> initialising the of_node in cpu device.
> 
> The of_node in all the cpu devices needs to be initialized properly
> and at one place. The best place to update this is CPU subsystem
> driver when registering the cpu devices.
> 
> The OF/DT core library now provides of_get_cpu_node to retrieve a cpu
> device node for a given logical index by abstracting the architecture
> specific details.
> 
> This patch uses of_get_cpu_node to assign of_node when registering the
> cpu devices.
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Acked-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@....com>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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