Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] firewire: core: Prevent device_find_child() from modifying caller's match data

[Takashi Sakamoto]

Hi,

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 10:58:04PM +0800, Zijun Hu wrote:
> From: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> To prepare for constifying the following old driver core API:
> 
> struct device *device_find_child(struct device *dev, void *data,
> 		int (*match)(struct device *dev, void *data));
> to new:
> struct device *device_find_child(struct device *dev, const void *data,
> 		int (*match)(struct device *dev, const void *data));
> 
> The new API does not allow its match function (*match)() to modify
> caller's match data @*data, but lookup_existing_device() as the old
> API's match function indeed modifies relevant match data, so it is not
> suitable for the new API any more, fixed by implementing a equivalent
> fw_device_find_child() instead of the old API usage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/firewire/core-device.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Please drop this patch from your series since I applied another patch[1] to
for-next branch.


[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240820132132.28839-1-o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks

Takashi Sakamoto