linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] device property: Get rid of union aliasing

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Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:56:08 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] device property: Get rid of union aliasing

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 12:23 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> The commit
>
>   318a19718261 ("device property: refactor built-in properties support")
>
> went way too far and brought a union aliasing. Partially revert it here
> to get rid of union aliasing.
>
> Note, Apple properties support is still utilizing this trick.

Can you please resend this with a slightly more detailed description
of what's going on in the changelog?

Someone reading git logs in the future would have a really hard time
with decoding the above, and the last sentence in particular. :-)