netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: core: recursively find netdev by device node

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Date:   Fri, 15 May 2020 10:19:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tobias@...dekranz.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, f.fainelli@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: core: recursively find netdev by device
 node

From: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 11:52:52 +0200

> The assumption that a device node is associated either with the
> netdev's device, or the parent of that device, does not hold for all
> drivers. E.g. Freescale's DPAA has two layers of platform devices
> above the netdev. Instead, recursively walk up the tree from the
> netdev, allowing any parent to match against the sought after node.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>

Applied, thanks Tobias.