Re: [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: rng: rockchip,rk3588-rng: Drop unnecessary status from example

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Mar 10 2025 - 08:50:13 EST


On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 03:05:50PM +0100, Nicolas Frattaroli wrote:
> On Friday, 7 March 2025 10:33:09 Central European Standard Time Krzysztof
> Kozlowski wrote:
> > Device nodes are enabled by default, so no need for 'status = "okay"' in
> > the DTS example.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > 1. Drop unnecessary full stop in subject prefix after ':'.
> > 2. Add Rb tag.
> > ---
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/rockchip,rk3588-rng.yaml | 1 -
> > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/rockchip,rk3588-rng.yaml
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/rockchip,rk3588-rng.yaml index
> > 757967212f55..ca71b400bcae 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/rockchip,rk3588-rng.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/rockchip,rk3588-rng.yaml
> > @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ examples:
> > interrupts = <GIC_SPI 400 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>;
> > clocks = <&scmi_clk SCMI_HCLK_SECURE_NS>;
> > resets = <&scmi_reset SCMI_SRST_H_TRNG_NS>;
> > - status = "okay";
> > };
> > };
>
> Hi,
>
> is there the possibility we could make dtschema as invoked by `make
> dt_binding_check W=1` (or W=2) add a warning for examples that have disabled
> or explicitly listed status properties when not needed? Or is this something
> better handled in, say, checkpatch.pl?
>
> The question arises because dumb mistakes by me like this should ideally be
> caught before they waste precious maintainer time.
>
> If it's best handled in dtschema, I can look into working on that so you guys
> don't have to do even more work due to me.

Trust me, I'm always looking for things to check automatically. :)

I have something like that which adds a schema for examples only. I
think there were some corner cases. I'll take a fresh look at it.

Rob