Re: [PATCH v7.2 7/7] device property: Get rid of struct fwnode_handle type field

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On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 11:49:56AM +0300, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Instead of relying on the struct fwnode_handle type field, define
> fwnode_operations structs for all separate types of fwnodes. To find out
> the type, compare to the ops field to relevant ops structs.
> 
> This change has two benefits:
> 
> 1. it avoids adding the type field to each and every instance of struct
> fwnode_handle, thus saving memory and
> 
> 2. makes the ops field the single factor that defines both the types of
> the fwnode as well as defines the implementation of its operations,
> decreasing the possibility of bugs when developing code dealing with
> fwnode internals.
> 
> Suggested-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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