Re: [PATCH v1 17/18] driver core: Add helper functions to convert fwnode links to device links

[Saravana Kannan]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 1:43 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 03:23:54PM -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > Add helper functions __fw_devlink_link_to_consumers() and
> > __fw_devlink_link_to_suppliers() that convert fwnode links to device
> > links.
> >
> > __fw_devlink_link_to_consumers() is for creating:
> > - Device links between a newly added device and all its consumer devices
> >   that have been added to driver core.
> > - Proxy SYNC_STATE_ONLY device links between the newly added device and
> >   the parent devices of all its consumers that have not been added to
> >   driver core yet.
> >
> > __fw_devlink_link_to_suppliers() is for creating:
> > - Device links between a newly added device and all its supplier devices
> > - Proxy SYNC_STATE_ONLY device links between the newly added device and
> >   all the supplier devices of its child device nodes.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Did you just add build warnings with these static functions that no one
> calls?

The next patch in this series uses it. I'm just splitting it up into a
separate patch so that it's digestible and I can provide more details
in the commit text.

Couple of options:
1. Drop the static in this patch and add it back when it's used in patch 18/18.
2. Drop the commit text and squash this with 18/18 if you think the
function documentation is clear enough and it won't make patch 18/18
too hard to review.

Please let me know which one you'd prefer or if you have other
options. I don't have a strong opinion on how the patches are split up
as long as it's easy for the reviewers and future folks who look at
git log to understand stuff.

-Saravana