Re: [PATCH v2 00/32] driver core: Constify API device_find_child() and adapt for various existing usages

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On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 08:23:45PM +0800, Zijun Hu wrote:
> On 2024/12/3 20:00, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 08:33:22AM +0800, Zijun Hu wrote:
> >> This patch series is to constify the following API:
> >> struct device *device_find_child(struct device *dev, void *data,
> >> 		int (*match)(struct device *dev, void *data));
> >> To :
> >> struct device *device_find_child(struct device *dev, const void *data,
> >> 				 device_match_t match);
> >> typedef int (*device_match_t)(struct device *dev, const void *data);
> > 
> > This series isn't bisectible. With only the first two patches applied I
> > hit:
> 
> yes. such patch series needs to be merge as atomic way.
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> is it possible to ONLY merge such patch series by atomic way into your
> driver-core tree?

Nope!

> or squash such patch series into a single patch ?
> 
> various subsystem maintainers may not like squashing way.

Agreed, so look into either doing it in a bisectable way if at all
possible.  As I don't see a full series here, I can't suggest how it
needs to happen :(

thanks,

greg k-h




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