Re: [PATCH 06/18] software_node: amend software_node_unregister_node_group() to perform unregistration of array in reverse order to be consistent with software_node_unregister_nodes()
From: Dan Scally
Date: Wed Dec 02 2020 - 05:05:19 EST
On 30/11/2020 17:47, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 06:17:16PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> Thank you for the patch.
>>
>> The subject line is very long. We try to keep it within a 72 characters
>> limit in the kernel. That can be a challenge sometimes, and expections
>> can be accepted, but this one is reaaaally long.
>>
>> (The same comment holds for other patches in the series)
>
> +1.
My bad; I'll go through the series and condense them down as much as
possible.
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 01:31:17PM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote:
>>> To maintain consistency with software_node_unregister_nodes(), reverse
>>> the order in which the software_node_unregister_node_group() function
>>> unregisters nodes.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> I"d squash this with the previous patch to avoid introducing an
>> inconsistency.
>
> It's different to previous. It touches not complementary API, but different
> one. However, I would follow your comment about documenting the behaviour of
> these two APIs as well…
I'll update the documentation for this function too.