linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 00/15] software node: add support for reference properties

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Date:   Tue, 5 Nov 2019 23:09:34 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/15] software node: add support for reference properties

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 11:43 PM Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Rafael,
>
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 01:02:18PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > These series implement "references" properties for software nodes as true
> > properties, instead of managing them completely separately.
> >
> > The first 10 patches are generic cleanups and consolidation and
> > unification of the existing code; patch #11 implements moving of small
> > properties inline when copying property entries; patch #12 implements
> > PROPERTY_ENTRY_REF() and friends; patch #13 converts the user of
> > references to the property syntax, and patch #14 removes the remains of
> > references as entities that are managed separately.
> >
> > Patch #15 adds unit tests to verify that the handling of property
> > entries is correct.
>
> Do you have any concerns with the series? I think Andy did all the
> reviewing that he could...

Yes, he did, and he is unconvinced.

I basically have no problems with patches [1-9/15], so I'm going to
queue them up for 5.5.

Patch [10/15] by itself is kind of pointless IMO, so it'll depend on
what happens to the rest.

Patch [11/15] kind of causes brows to rise, so let me reply to it directly.