linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 02/12] property: Return true in fwnode_device_is

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Message-ID: <20201221091022.GF26370@paasikivi.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 21 Dec 2020 11:10:22 +0200
From:   Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>
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        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/12] property: Return true in
 fwnode_device_is_available for NULL ops

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 11:43:27PM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote:
> Some types of fwnode_handle do not implement the device_is_available()
> check, such as those created by software_nodes. There isn't really a
> meaningful way to check for the availability of a device that doesn't
> actually exist, so if the check isn't implemented just assume that the
> "device" is present.
> 
> Suggested-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>

For this and the 3rd patch:

Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>

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Sakari Ailus