linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI/IORT: Handle device properties with software node API

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Date:   Fri, 14 May 2021 11:39:12 +0100
From:   Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
To:     Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@...aro.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI/IORT: Handle device properties with software node
 API

On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 03:55:28PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> The older device property API is going to be removed.
> Replacing the device_add_properties() call with software
> node API equivalent device_create_managed_software_node().
> 
> Fixes: 434b73e61cc6 ("iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Use device properties for pasid-num-bits")

Is this really fixing anything ? I am not sure I understand what you
would like to achieve with this tag.

> Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

With the above comment clarified:

Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>

> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c b/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c
> index 3912a1f6058e5..e34937e11186a 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/arm64/iort.c
> @@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ static void iort_named_component_init(struct device *dev,
>  				      FIELD_GET(ACPI_IORT_NC_PASID_BITS,
>  						nc->node_flags));
>  
> -	if (device_add_properties(dev, props))
> +	if (device_create_managed_software_node(dev, props, NULL))
>  		dev_warn(dev, "Could not add device properties\n");
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.30.2
>