linux-kernel - [PATCH] of: Clarify OF device context in of_match

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Message-ID: <20250730013113.11264-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 08:31:13 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Jiang Jian <jiangjian@...rlc.com>,
	wangjianli <wangjianli@...rlc.com>,
	Jilin Yuan <yuanjilin@...rlc.com>,
	Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] of: Clarify OF device context in of_match_device() comment

Open Firmware abbreviation (OF) in of_match_device() comment is written
in lowercase instead, which is mistaken for prepositional word "of"
([1], [2], [3], [4]) duplicate.

Clarify the context.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAL_JsqLypcBCOVZ8yYWK0J_xc2Vcr+ANrX_3v4vN55Srp4RknQ@mail.gmail.com/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220926185852.GA2581083-robh@kernel.org/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAL_JsqL4GvgFYzGUfhW5pvm4wYGrFaj6gHOYZjnOMuk2zCz67w@mail.gmail.com/ [3]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220627173825.GA2637590-robh@kernel.org/ [4]
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
---
 drivers/of/device.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
index c80426510ec2c0..f7e75e5276677e 100644
--- a/drivers/of/device.c
+++ b/drivers/of/device.c
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 /**
  * of_match_device - Tell if a struct device matches an of_device_id list
- * @matches: array of of device match structures to search in
- * @dev: the of device structure to match against
+ * @matches: array of of_device_id match structures to search in
+ * @dev: the OF device structure to match against
  *
  * Used by a driver to check whether an platform_device present in the
  * system is in its list of supported devices.

base-commit: 0121898ec05fa4c1f566fc05c7e8b3caf0998f97
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