netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 1/7] software node: allow named software node to be created

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Message-ID: <ZBxbKxAcAKznIVJ2@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:59:07 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 1/7] software node: allow named software
 node to be created

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 11:59:55AM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> 
> Allow a named software node to be created, which is needed for software
> nodes for a fixed-link specification for DSA.

...

> +fwnode_create_named_software_node(const struct property_entry *properties,
> +				  const struct fwnode_handle *parent,
> +				  const char *name)
>  {
>  	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
>  	struct software_node *node;
> @@ -930,6 +931,7 @@ fwnode_create_software_node(const struct property_entry *properties,
>  		return ERR_CAST(node);
>  
>  	node->parent = p ? p->node : NULL;
> +	node->name = name;

The same question stays as before: how can we be sure that the name is unique
and we won't have a collision?

>  	fwnode = swnode_register(node, p, 1);
>  	if (IS_ERR(fwnode))
> @@ -937,6 +939,14 @@ fwnode_create_software_node(const struct property_entry *properties,
>  
>  	return fwnode;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_create_named_software_node);


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko