Re: [PATCH] eeprom: at24: use of_match_ptr()

[Peter Rosin]

2023-11-22 at 17:57, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2023 at 17:41, Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> 2023-11-22 at 16:59, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>>> -             .of_match_table = at24_of_match,
>>> +             .of_match_table = of_match_ptr(at24_of_match),
>>
>> If you do that, you will need to also add #ifdef CONFIG_OF around the
>> at24_of_match definition, of you'll trigger a warning about an unused
>> const variable (for some configs). I think.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Peter
> 
> Nope, no warnings even with W=2. This is true for unused functions but
> unused data structures are just silently removed.

Then I wonder what the difference is from the following?

https://lore.kernel.org/all/202311161306.opyfcoCY-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/T/#m3a33dc4c3221ae167563bcff70757af776cf07b1

It sure looks like the exact same pattern to me.
I.e. a static const struct of_device_id paired with of_match_ptr(). 

CHeers,
Peter