linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] of: Drop full path from Sparc PDT full

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Message-Id: <20181109.203650.2137044253712054807.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 09 Nov 2018 20:36:50 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     robh@...nel.org
Cc:     frowand.list@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] of: Drop full path from Sparc PDT full_name

From: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 14:30:01 -0600

> That is the intent. With this change we stop storing the full path for
> every node. Everywhere that needs the full path, generates it with the
> %pOF printf specifier. Other than users in arch/sparc converted in
> this series all the users of full_name have been converted already or
> use kbasename(full_name) so they work either way. BTW, I've found a
> couple more, so I'll be sending you a v2.
> 
> And of_pdt_build_full_name for !SPARC does need to be converted too,
> but I'll do that separately.

I would think that, for correctness, you'd need to adjust both functions
at the same time, no?