linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 13/13] of: Remove unused variable overlay

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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:41:54 +0300
From:   Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>
To:     frowand.list@...il.com
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 13/13] of: Remove unused variable overlay_symbols

Hi Frank,


> On Oct 25, 2016, at 23:59 , frowand.list@...il.com wrote:
> 
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...sony.com>
> 
> This unused variable is a reminder that symbols in overlays are
> not available to subsequent overlays.  If such a feature is
> desired then there are several ways it could be implemented.
> 

Please don’t apply that. There’s a patch that actually imports
the symbol table from overlays that subsequent operations
work.

Please see:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9104701/

> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...sony.com>
> ---
> drivers/of/resolver.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/resolver.c b/drivers/of/resolver.c
> index 3f7cf569c7ea..b48d16200ccd 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/resolver.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/resolver.c
> @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static int adjust_local_phandle_references(struct device_node *local_fixups,
> int of_resolve_phandles(struct device_node *overlay)
> {
> 	struct device_node *child, *local_fixups, *refnode;
> -	struct device_node *tree_symbols, *overlay_symbols, *overlay_fixups;
> +	struct device_node *tree_symbols, *overlay_fixups;
> 	struct property *prop;
> 	const char *refpath;
> 	phandle phandle, phandle_delta;
> @@ -302,12 +302,9 @@ int of_resolve_phandles(struct device_node *overlay)
> 	if (err)
> 		goto err_out;
> 
> -	overlay_symbols = NULL;
> 	overlay_fixups = NULL;
> 
> 	for_each_child_of_node(overlay, child) {
> -		if (!of_node_cmp(child->name, "__symbols__"))
> -			overlay_symbols = child;
> 		if (!of_node_cmp(child->name, "__fixups__"))
> 			overlay_fixups = child;
> 	}
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
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Regards

— Pantelis