Re: [PATCH] drivers: gpio: use of_match_ptr() and ACPI_PTR() macros

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On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 5:45 PM Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
<info@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The of_match_ptr(foo) macro evaluates to foo, only if
> CONFIG_OF is set, otherwise to NULL. Same does ACPI_PTR with
> CONFIG_ACPI. That's very helpful for drivers that can be used
> with or without oftree / acpi.
>
> Even though most of the drivers touched here probably don't
> actually need that, it's also nice for consistency to make it
> the de-facto standard and change all drivers to use the
> of_match_ptr() and ACPI_PTR() macros.
>
> A nice side effect: in some situations, when compiled w/o
> CONFIG_OF/CONFIG_ACPI, the corresponding match tables could
> automatically become unreferenced and optimized-away by the
> compiler, w/o explicitly cluttering the code w/ ifdef's.

NAK.

It prevents using DT-enabled drivers on ACPI based platforms.

+Cc: Jonathan who had done the opposite in the entire IIO subsystem.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



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