RE: [PATCH v3 1/2] drivers: fwnode: Extend device_get_match_data() to struct bus_type

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Hi Andy Shevchenko,

Thanks for the feedback.

> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] drivers: fwnode: Extend
> device_get_match_data() to struct bus_type
> 
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 06:03:17PM +0100, Biju Das wrote:
> > Extend device_get_match_data() to buses (for eg: I2C) by adding a
> > callback device_get_match_data() to struct bus_type() and call this
> > method as a fallback for generic fwnode based device_get_match_data().
> 
> Because of anticipation of v4, see one additional comment below.

Ok.

> ...
> 
> > +/**
> > + * device_get_match_data - get match data from OF/ACPI/Bus match
> > +tables
> > + * @dev: device to find the match data
> > + *
> > + * Find match data using generic fwnode-based lookup and if there is
> > +no
> > + * match, call the bus->get_match_data() for finding match data.
> > + *
> > + * Return: a match data pointer or NULL if there is no match in the
> > +matching
> > + * table.
> 
> Also add a note for the corner case.
> 
> """
>  *
>  * Besides the fact that some drivers abuse the device ID driver_data
> type
>  * and claim it to be integer, for the bus specific ID tables the
> driver_data
>  * may be defined as kernel_ulong_t. For these tables 0 is a valid
> response,
>  * but not for this function. It's recommended to covert those either to

Will fix the typo covert->convert

Cheers,
Biju

> avoid
>  * 0 or use a real pointer to the predefined driver data.
> """
> 





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