linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] Revert "nvmem: add new config option"

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Message-ID: <2023102100-tile-spinning-fa1b@gregkh>
Date:   Sat, 21 Oct 2023 19:18:14 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] Revert "nvmem: add new config option"

On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 11:55:43AM +0100, srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
> 
> This reverts commit 517f14d9cf3533d5ab4fded195ab6f80a92e378f.
> 
> It seems that "no_of_node" config option was added to help mtd's case.
> 
> DT nodes of MTD partitions (that are also NVMEM devices) may contain
> subnodes that SHOULD NOT be treated as NVMEM fixed cells. To prevent
> NVMEM core code from parsing them "no_of_node" was set to true and that
> made for_each_child_of_node() in NVMEM a no-op.
> 
> With the introduction of "add_legacy_fixed_of_cells" config option
> things got more explicit. MTD subsystem simply tells NVMEM when to look
> for fixed cells and there is no need to hack "of_node" pointer anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
> Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>

Why isn't this also marked for stable trees?

thanks,

greg k-h