Re: [PATCH V5 4/7] dt-bindings: clock: Add ipq9574 NSSCC clock and reset definitions

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 02/07/2024 14:13, Devi Priya wrote:
> 
> 
> On 6/26/2024 9:05 PM, Rob Herring (Arm) wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:02:59 +0530, Devi Priya wrote:
>>> Add NSSCC clock and reset definitions for ipq9574.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Devi Priya <quic_devipriy@quicinc.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>>   Changes in V5:
>>> 	- Dropped interconnects and added interconnect-cells to NSS
>>> 	  clock provider so that it can be  used as icc provider.
>>>
>>>   .../bindings/clock/qcom,ipq9574-nsscc.yaml    |  74 +++++++++
>>>   .../dt-bindings/clock/qcom,ipq9574-nsscc.h    | 152 ++++++++++++++++++
>>>   .../dt-bindings/reset/qcom,ipq9574-nsscc.h    | 134 +++++++++++++++
>>>   3 files changed, 360 insertions(+)
>>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,ipq9574-nsscc.yaml
>>>   create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/clock/qcom,ipq9574-nsscc.h
>>>   create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/reset/qcom,ipq9574-nsscc.h
>>>
>>
>> My bot found errors running 'make dt_binding_check' on your patch:
>>
>> yamllint warnings/errors:
>>
>> dtschema/dtc warnings/errors:
>> Error: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,ipq9574-nsscc.example.dts:26.26-27 syntax error
>> FATAL ERROR: Unable to parse input tree
>> make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.lib:427: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/qcom,ipq9574-nsscc.example.dtb] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>> make[1]: *** [/builds/robherring/dt-review-ci/linux/Makefile:1430: dt_binding_check] Error 2
>> make: *** [Makefile:240: __sub-make] Error 2
>>
>> doc reference errors (make refcheckdocs):
>>
>> See https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/devicetree-bindings/patch/20240626143302.810632-5-quic_devipriy@quicinc.com
>>
>> The base for the series is generally the latest rc1. A different dependency
>> should be noted in *this* patch.
>>
>> If you already ran 'make dt_binding_check' and didn't see the above
>> error(s), then make sure 'yamllint' is installed and dt-schema is up to
>> date:
>>
>> pip3 install dtschema --upgrade
>>
>> Please check and re-submit after running the above command yourself. Note
>> that DT_SCHEMA_FILES can be set to your schema file to speed up checking
>> your schema. However, it must be unset to test all examples with your schema.
>> Hi Rob,
> 
> We tried running dt_binding_check on linux-next and we do not face any
> sort of errors.
> 
> However in case of v6.10-rc1, patch[1] failed to apply as the dependent
> patch[2] is not available on rc1.
> 
> [1] 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-msm/patch/20240626143302.810632-3-quic_devipriy@quicinc.com/
> 
> [2] 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?h=next-20240531&id=475beea0b9f631656b5cc39429a39696876af613
> 
> Patch [2] does not hold any functional dependency on this series but has 
> a patch rebase dependency.
> 
> The Bot has went ahead and tried running the dt_binding_check on patch 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-msm/patch/20240626143302.810632-5-quic_devipriy@quicinc.com/
> which is dependent on patch [1] and hence the issue was reported.
> 
> Is this the expected behaviour?

If you expect your patch not to be ignored after such feedback, explain
briefly missing dependency in changelog. I think Rob told it many times
already.

Otherwise you will get this message *every time* and maintainers might
ignore your patch, due to unresolved reports from automation.

Best regards,
Krzysztof