Re: [PATCH 03/16] lib,treewide: add new match_string() helper/macro

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On Fri, 2019-05-10 at 17:34 +0300, andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 09:15:27AM +0000, Ardelean, Alexandru wrote:
> > On Wed, 2019-05-08 at 16:22 +0300, Alexandru Ardelean wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2019-05-08 at 15:18 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 04:11:28PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 02:28:29PM +0300, Alexandru Ardelean
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > Can you split include/linux/ change from the rest?
> > > > 
> > > > That would break the build, why do you want it split out?  This
> > > > makes
> > > > sense all as a single patch to me.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Not really.
> > > It would be just be the new match_string() helper/macro in a new
> > > commit.
> > > And the conversions of the simple users of match_string() (the ones
> > > using
> > > ARRAY_SIZE()) in another commit.
> > > 
> > 
> > I should have asked in my previous reply.
> > Leave this as-is or re-formulate in 2 patches ?
> 
> Depends on on what you would like to spend your time: collecting Acks for
> all
> pieces in treewide patch or send new API first followed up by per driver
> /
> module update in next cycle.

I actually would have preferred new API first, with the current
`match_string()` -> `__match_string()` rename from the start, but I wasn't
sure. I am still navigating through how feedbacks are working in this
realm.

I'll send a V2 with the API change-first/only; should be a smaller list.
Then see about follow-ups/changes per subsystems.

> 
> I also have no strong preference.
> And I think it's good to add Heikki Krogerus to Cc list for both patch
> series,
> since he is the author of sysfs variant and may have something to comment
> on
> the rest.

Thanks for the reference.

> 
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
> 
> 
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