Re: [PATCH v1 16/18] efi: Update implementation of add_links() to create fwnode links

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-11-06T06:45:09Z

On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 03:27:52PM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 1:42 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 03:23:53PM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > > The semantics of add_links() has changed from creating device link
> > > between devices to creating fwnode links between fwnodes. So, update the
> > > implementation of add_links() to match the new semantics.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c | 23 ++---------------------
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c
> > > index b148f1459fb3..c0c3d4c3837a 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c
> > > @@ -316,11 +316,10 @@ static struct device_node *find_pci_overlap_node(void)
> > > * resource reservation conflict on the memory window that the efifb
> > > * framebuffer steals from the PCIe host bridge.
> > > */
> > > -static int efifb_add_links(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> > > +static int efifb_add_links(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> > > struct device *dev)
> >
> > So you are fixing the build warning you added a few patches ago here?
> > Please fix up the function signatures when you made that change, not
> > here later on.
>
> I'm trying not to have a mega patcht that changes a lot of code.
>
> I guess I can drop this "const" diff from this patch and then merge it
> with the earlier patch that removes the const. But still leave the
> rest of the changes in this patch as is. Does that work for you?

Yes, that's fine, you just can't add build warnings along the way.

thanks,

greg k-h