Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] Export APIs to copy device properties & more | Date | Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:52:05 +0100 |
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On Thursday, February 02, 2017 05:41:24 PM Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Hi, > > Here is the refreshed series exporting APIs to copy statically declared > device properties. The reason is that we want to augment ACPI-based devices > with properties, and drivers usually have a largish DMI table for multiple > models, so it is desirable to mark everything as __initdata/__initconst, > and then copy only the entry matching the device we are running on and > discard the rest. > > The last patch is not really about device property APIs, but rather > allowing users to attach properties to i2c_board_info, and have them > attached to instantiated device(s). The reason it is included is because it > depends on device_add_properties() taking const pointer, which is patch #1. > > If it seems useful I hope Rafael and Wolfram would figure a way to merge it > :) and ideally give me a stable branch as I have more patches to > platform/chrome and Atmel touchscreen driver depending on them. > > v5: > - reshuffle order of patches so that "constness" ones are first > - factor out property_entry_free_data() and make sure we call it for > properties already successfully copied when property_entry_copy_data() > in property_entries_dup() fails > - dropped old Acks as patches changed enough
All [1-4/4] applied.
Thanks, Rafael
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