linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/11] i2c: Export of_i2c_get_board

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Date:   Sun, 25 Mar 2018 12:19:32 +0200
From:   Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
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        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/11] i2c: Export of_i2c_get_board_info()

Hi Wolfram,

On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 23:35:18 +0100
Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de> wrote:

> Hi Boris,
> 
> > - rebase on v4.15-rc1  
> 
> This code has changed a little meanwhile. Please check my for-next
> branch. Some changes are identical, some similar.

Actually it was rebased on top of v4.16-rc1, but I'll check if this
patch applies correctly on top of your for-next branch.

> 
> > -	info.archdata = &dev_ad;  
> 
> Why did you drop this?

Well, this line could have been moved in of_i2c_register_device(), but
I realized dev_ad was zero initialized without any further
modification, and leaving info->archdata to NULL has the exact same
effect (see [1]).

Regards,

Boris

[1]https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v4.16-rc6/source/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c#L711

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