linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: rc: Drop obsolete dependencies on COMPILE

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Date:   Sun, 11 Dec 2022 23:14:35 +0100
From:   Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Sean Young <sean@...s.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: rc: Drop obsolete dependencies on COMPILE_TEST

Hallo Uwe,

On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 21:56:48 +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 05:09:11PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > --- linux-6.0.orig/drivers/media/rc/pwm-ir-tx.c
> > +++ linux-6.0/drivers/media/rc/pwm-ir-tx.c
> > @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static struct platform_driver pwm_ir_dri
> >  	.probe = pwm_ir_probe,
> >  	.driver = {
> >  		.name	= DRIVER_NAME,
> > -		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(pwm_ir_of_match),
> > +		.of_match_table = pwm_ir_of_match,
> >  	},
> >  };
> >  module_platform_driver(pwm_ir_driver);  
> 
> That hunk makes sense even without the Kconfig change. ACPI makes use of
> .of_match_table, so
> 
> 	.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(pwm_ir_of_match),
> 
> is (almost?) always wrong.

Should we just get rid of this macro altogether then?

(Somehow I have a strange feeling that we already had this
discussion...)

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support