Re: [PATCH] greybus: constify the struct device_type usage

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On 26 Feb 17:21, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> On 26 Feb 13:50, Alex Elder wrote:
> > On 2/25/24 5:04 AM, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> > >>>> On another subject:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Johan might disagree, but I think it would be nice to make
> > >>>> the definitions of the Greybus device types as static (private)
> > >>>> and make the is_gb_host_device() etc. functions real functions
> > >>>> rather than static inlines in <linux/greybus.h>.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> It turns out that all of the is_gb_*() functions are called only
> > >>>> from drivers/greybus/core.c; they could all be moved there rather
> > >>>> than advertising them in <linux/greybus.h>.
> > >>> I guess it depends whether they would be used somewhere else in the
> > >>> future. Perhaps it was left there with that intention when it was first
> > >>> being developed? I agree, though. Will happily send a patch with this if
> > >>> desired.
> > >> Let's clean the code up for what we have today.  If it's needed in the
> > >> future, we can move the structures then.
> > > Sounds good to me, will send a v2 then!
> > 
> > I might be misinterpreting Greg's response; I *think* he
> > agrees with my suggestion.
> 
> That's what I thought too.
> 
> > 
> > In any case, please do *not* send v2 with the purpose of
> > including my suggestion.
> > 
> > If you send a v2, keep it focused on this original patch.
> > You can then implement the other suggestion as a follow-on
> > patch (or series).
> 
> Indeed, this one is good as is but I thought of converting it into a
> series so that they can be taken with no dependency on this one. So it
> would look like:
> 
> Patch 1: move "is_gb_*()" into drivers/greybus/core.c
> Patch 2: move "device_type greybus_*" into drivers/greybus/core.c

Sorry, this made no sense!

> Patch 3: make "device_type greybus_*" const
> 
> But you're right. I could simply send 1 and 2 after this one has been
> applied. If I were to send them separately, how would I communicate that
> there's a dependency? Something like:
> 
> ---
> This series depends on [1].
> [1]: lore://link-to-this-patch 
> 
> ?
> 
> Thanks and sorry for the noobishness
> 
> > 
> > 					-Alex
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