On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 7:06 PM Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:18:20 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 1:46 PM Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > therefore of_match_ptr() should be > > > removed from the kernel entirely? > > > > (...) But for some cases it still > > makes sense: platform is known to never be non-OF, component is known > > to be used only on such platforms, etc. > > Well, I can't see the value of of_match_ptr() in such case either. In > fact I've submitted a couple patches to remove such occurrences lately: > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mediatek/patch/20220730144833.0a0d9825@endymion.delvare/ > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-pm/patch/20220804135938.7f69f5d9@endymion.delvare/ They are different to what we are discussing here, but yes, in common denominator the of_match_ptr() is useless in almost 100% cases. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
