linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/2] driver core: Avoid false-positive errors for intentionally skipped links

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Message-Id: <20241015-fwdevlink-probed-no-err-v2-0-756c5e9cf55c@collabora.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:27:16 -0400
From: Nícolas F. R. A. Prado <nfraprado@...labora.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, 
 Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
Cc: kernel@...labora.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>, 
 Nícolas F. R. A. Prado <nfraprado@...labora.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] driver core: Avoid false-positive errors for
 intentionally skipped links

This series gets rid of the false-positive errors printed when device
links are intentionally skipped. Patch 1 commonizes the logic into a
helper and patch 2 uses that to remove the error.

Signed-off-by: Nícolas F. R. A. Prado <nfraprado@...labora.com>
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Changes in v2:
- Added patch 1 introducing the device_link_is_useless() helper and used
  that in patch 2
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240624-fwdevlink-probed-no-err-v1-1-d1213cd354e2@collabora.com

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Nícolas F. R. A. Prado (2):
      driver core: Create device_link_is_useless() helper
      driver core: Don't log intentional skip of device link creation as error

 drivers/base/core.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 6708132e80a2ced620bde9b9c36e426183544a23
change-id: 20240624-fwdevlink-probed-no-err-45d21feb05fd

Best regards,
-- 
Nícolas F. R. A. Prado <nfraprado@...labora.com>