Re: [PATCH] of: Clarify OF device context in of_match_device() comment

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Jul 30 2025 - 15:23:51 EST




On 7/29/25 6:31 PM, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> Open Firmware abbreviation (OF) in of_match_device() comment is written
> in lowercase instead, which is mistaken for prepositional word "of"
> ([1], [2], [3], [4]) duplicate.
>
> Clarify the context.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAL_JsqLypcBCOVZ8yYWK0J_xc2Vcr+ANrX_3v4vN55Srp4RknQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220926185852.GA2581083-robh@xxxxxxxxxx/ [2]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAL_JsqL4GvgFYzGUfhW5pvm4wYGrFaj6gHOYZjnOMuk2zCz67w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [3]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220627173825.GA2637590-robh@xxxxxxxxxx/ [4]
> Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>

Wow, that's confusing (the "of" parts).
Hopefully Rob won't mind losing the entertainment factor here.


Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.


> ---
> drivers/of/device.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
> index c80426510ec2c0..f7e75e5276677e 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/device.c
> @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
>
> /**
> * of_match_device - Tell if a struct device matches an of_device_id list
> - * @matches: array of of device match structures to search in
> - * @dev: the of device structure to match against
> + * @matches: array of of_device_id match structures to search in
> + * @dev: the OF device structure to match against
> *
> * Used by a driver to check whether an platform_device present in the
> * system is in its list of supported devices.
>
> base-commit: 0121898ec05fa4c1f566fc05c7e8b3caf0998f97

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~Randy