linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] software_node: Add support for fwnode

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Date:   Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:32:41 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Dan Scally <djrscally@...il.com>
Cc:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        rafael@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com,
        kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com, jorhand@...ux.microsoft.com,
        kitakar@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] software_node: Add support for fwnode_graph*() family
 of functions

On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 02:22:10PM +0100, Dan Scally wrote:
> On 16/09/2020 10:17, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 12:28:27AM +0100, Daniel Scally wrote:

...

> >> @@ -450,7 +455,7 @@ software_node_get_next_child(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> >>  		c = list_next_entry(c, entry);
> >>  	else
> >>  		c = list_first_entry(&p->children, struct swnode, entry);
> >> -	return &c->fwnode;
> >> +	return software_node_get(&c->fwnode);
> > This looks like a bugfix that probably should or could be backported. Could
> > you make it a separate patch, with a Fixes: tag?
> Yes, sure. That does change how some of the other code would need to
> work though if this patch were applied but not the separated one. Sorry;
> not sure what's the best way to proceed in that case. Should I just note
> that this patch depends on the prior application of the separated one?

It's easy to achieve. You may create a series of two, where the second one
dependant on the first one and first one has a Fixes tag and subject to
backport. I guess that's what Sakari meant.

> >>  }

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko