On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 01:23:05PM +0800, Pingfan Liu wrote: > This patch introduce some help routines used by next patch. It aims to > ease reviewing, while the next patch will concentrate on algorithm. > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx> > Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/base/core.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c > index 36622b5..8113d2c 100644 > --- a/drivers/base/core.c > +++ b/drivers/base/core.c > @@ -123,6 +123,44 @@ static int device_is_dependent(struct device *dev, void *target) > return ret; > } > > +struct pos_info { > + struct device *pos; > + struct device *tail; > +}; > + > +/* caller takes the devices_kset->list_lock */ > +static int descendants_reorder_after_pos(struct device *dev, > + void *data) > +{ > + struct device *pos; > + struct pos_info *p = data; > + > + pos = p->pos; > + pr_debug("devices_kset: Moving %s after %s\n", > + dev_name(dev), dev_name(pos)); > + device_for_each_child(dev, p, descendants_reorder_after_pos); > + /* children at the tail */ > + list_move(&dev->kobj.entry, &pos->kobj.entry); > + /* record the right boundary of the section */ > + if (p->tail == NULL) > + p->tail = dev; > + return 0; > +} > + > +/* iterate over an open section */ > +#define list_opensect_for_each_reverse(cur, left, right) \ > + for (cur = right->prev; cur == left; cur = cur->prev) > + > +static bool is_consumer(struct device *query, struct device *supplier) > +{ > + struct device_link *link; > + /* todo, lock protection */ > + list_for_each_entry(link, &supplier->links.consumers, s_node) > + if (link->consumer == query) > + return true; > + return false; > +} You are adding code that no one uses yet, making this impossible to review as I don't know what to expect. I shouldn't have to read the second patch and have to flip back and forth to try to figure it out :( sorry, please break this series up in a better way to make it simpler to review. greg k-h