linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/34] component: Introduce struct aggregate

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Date:   Thu, 7 Oct 2021 14:36:33 -0400
From:   Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
To:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/34] component: Introduce struct aggregate_device

Quoting Laurent Pinchart (2021-10-06 18:17:25)
> Hi Stephen,
>
> Thank you for the patch.
>
> On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 12:37:46PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > Replace 'struct master' with 'struct aggregate_device' and then rename
> > 'master' to 'adev' everywhere in the code. While we're here, put a
> > struct device inside the aggregate device so that we can register it
> > with a bus_type in the next patch.
>
> Not "while at it" please. The signal to noise ratio is very high here.
> Adding the struct device in the structure is the important change that
> needs to be properly reviewed and discussed, the rename is noise. You're
> even adding an IDA and an id without mentioning it at all in the commit
> message. This should be split in two patches, you can decide whether to
> perform the rename at the bottom or top of the series (it would be more
> logical to group all renames together though, there's currently one in
> 01/34 and one in 34/34, so please group them both at the top or bottom).

Got it. I will split the rename from this change and let things lie
until I change that line.