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