[PATCH v3 1/1] device property: Add a note to the fwnode.h
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Apr 08 2025 - 05:59:14 EST
Add a note to the fwnode.h that the header should not be used
directly in the leaf drivers, they all should use the higher
level APIs and the respective headers.
The purpose of this note is to give guidance to driver writers
to avoid repeating a common mistake.
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: reworded the note, added problem statement into commit message (Rafael)
v2: added "...into the driver" piece at the end to remove ambiguity
include/linux/fwnode.h | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/fwnode.h b/include/linux/fwnode.h
index 87b183595ba1..900ecd8f45a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/fwnode.h
+++ b/include/linux/fwnode.h
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
/*
* fwnode.h - Firmware device node object handle type definition.
*
+ * This header file provides low-level data types and definitions for firmware
+ * and device property providers. The respective API header files supplied by
+ * them should contain all of the requisite data types and definitions for end
+ * users, so including it directly should not be necessary.
+ *
* Copyright (C) 2015, Intel Corporation
* Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
*/
--
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