linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 5/5][RFT] ACPI: Drop parent field from struct acpi

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Date:   Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:14:54 +0000
From:   Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:     Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
        Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Yehezkel Bernat <YehezkelShB@...il.com>,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 5/5][RFT] ACPI: Drop parent field from struct
 acpi_device

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 06:23:05PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> 
> The parent field in struct acpi_device is, in fact, redundant,
> because the dev.parent field in it effectively points to the same
> object and it is used by the driver core.
> 
> Accordingly, the parent field can be dropped from struct acpi_device
> and for this purpose define acpi_dev_parent() to retrieve the parent
> struct acpi_device pointer from the dev.parent field in struct
> acpi_device.  Next, update all of the users of the parent field
> in struct acpi_device to use acpi_dev_parent() instead of it and
> drop it.
> 
> While at it, drop the ACPI_IS_ROOT_DEVICE() macro that is only used
> in one place in a confusing way.
> 
> No intentional functional impact.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> ---
> 
> I may have missed some places where adev->parent is used directly, so
> if that's happened, please let me know (I'm assuming that 0-day will
> pick up this patch and run it through all of the relevant configs
> anyway).
> 
> ---
[...]
>  drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c       |    3 ++-

Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>