linux-kernel - [PATCH] base: core: Remove WARN_ON from link dependencies check

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Date:   Thu, 12 Jul 2018 10:06:23 +0200
From:   Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...aro.org>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, broonie@...nel.org, p.paillet@...com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, m.szyprowski@...sung.com
Cc:     Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...com>
Subject: [PATCH] base: core: Remove WARN_ON from link dependencies check

In some cases the link between between customer and supplier
already exist. Do not warn about already existing dependencies
because device_link_add() take care of this case.

Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...com>
---
 drivers/base/core.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index df3e1a44707a..fcdc17f0f349 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int device_is_dependent(struct device *dev, void *target)
 	struct device_link *link;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(dev == target))
+	if (dev == target)
 		return 1;
 
 	ret = device_for_each_child(dev, target, device_is_dependent);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static int device_is_dependent(struct device *dev, void *target)
 		return ret;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(link, &dev->links.consumers, s_node) {
-		if (WARN_ON(link->consumer == target))
+		if (link->consumer == target)
 			return 1;
 
 		ret = device_is_dependent(link->consumer, target);
-- 
2.15.0