Re: [PATCH v5 5/5] gicv2m: acpi: Introducing GICv2m ACPI support

[Marc Zyngier]

On 09/12/15 18:02, Suravee Suthikulanit wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> 
> On 12/9/2015 4:38 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 17:48:06 -0800
>> Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> This patch introduces gicv2m_acpi_init(), which uses information
>>> in MADT GIC MSI frames structure to initialize GICv2m driver.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c   | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c       |  3 ++
>>>   include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic.h |  4 ++
>>>   3 files changed, 102 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v2m.c
>>> [...]
>>> @@ -359,6 +368,8 @@ static int __init gicv2m_init_one(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
>>>
>>>   	if (to_of_node(fwnode))
>>>   		name = to_of_node(fwnode)->name;
>>> +	else
>>> +		name = irq_domain_get_irqchip_fwnode_name(fwnode);
>>
>> Don't bother with that, the name associated with the domain is
>> absolutely meaningless. You are already printing the frame address,
>> which is enough to identify it, should someone need to debug this.
>>
>> Drop the name from the previous patch as well, and that will make one
>> less difference to care about. Patch #3 can die as well.
>>
> 
> Ok. I'll just leave them blank (i.e. const char *name ="")

No, just remove name altogether. Nobody reads that anyway, and if they
want to find out, there is the address that's clear enough.

Thanks,

	M.
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