linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] PM / Domains: Do not check if simple providers have phandle cells

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Message-ID: <m27f3wg79k.fsf@baylibre.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:18:47 -0800
From:   Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
To:     Dave Gerlach <d-gerlach@...com>
Cc:     Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        Keerthy <j-keerthy@...com>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Tero Kristo <t-kristo@...com>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] PM / Domains: Do not check if simple providers have phandle cells

Dave Gerlach <d-gerlach@...com> writes:

> There is no reason that a platform genpd driver registered using
> of_genpd_add_provider_simple needs to be constrained to having no cells
> in the "power-domains" phandle. Currently the genpd framework will fail
> if any arguments are passed with for a simple provider but the framework
> does not actually care, so remove the check for phandle argument count.
>
> This will allow greater flexibility for genpd providers to use their own
> arguments that are passed in the phandle and interpret them however they
> see fit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Gerlach <d-gerlach@...com>

Acked-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>

> ---
> v3->v4:
>  Drop ti,sci-id device property and instead describe using phandle cell
>  for id.
>
>  drivers/base/power/domain.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/power/domain.c b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
> index e697dec9d25b..8e0550c27394 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/power/domain.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
> @@ -1622,8 +1622,6 @@ static struct generic_pm_domain *genpd_xlate_simple(
>  					struct of_phandle_args *genpdspec,
>  					void *data)
>  {
> -	if (genpdspec->args_count != 0)
> -		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>  	return data;
>  }