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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/18] property: Return true in fwnode_device_is_available
 for node types that do not implement this operation
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From:   Bingbu Cao <bingbu.cao@linux.intel.com>
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Date:   Tue, 1 Dec 2020 11:12:11 +0800
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Daniel, thanks for your patch.

On 11/30/20 9:31 PM, Daniel Scally wrote:
> Some types of fwnode_handle do not implement the device_is_available()
> check, such as those created by software_nodes. There isn't really a
> meaningful way to check for the availability of a device that doesn't
> actually exist, so if the check isn't implemented just assume that the
> "device" is present.
> 
> Suggested-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes since RFC v3:
> 
> 	patch introduced
> 
>  drivers/base/property.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/property.c b/drivers/base/property.c
> index 4c43d30145c6..a5ca2306796f 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/property.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/property.c
> @@ -785,9 +785,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_handle_put);
>  /**
>   * fwnode_device_is_available - check if a device is available for use
>   * @fwnode: Pointer to the fwnode of the device.
> + *
> + * For fwnode node types that don't implement the .device_is_available()
> + * operation, this function returns true.
>   */
>  bool fwnode_device_is_available(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
>  {
> +	if (!fwnode_has_op(fwnode, device_is_available))
> +		return true;

blank line here?

>  	return fwnode_call_bool_op(fwnode, device_is_available);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwnode_device_is_available);
> 

-- 
Best regards,
Bingbu Cao