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From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/15] software_node: Enforce parent before child
 ordering of nodes arrays
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 <20210107132838.396641-6-djrscally@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 01:28:28PM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote:
> Registering software_nodes with the .parent member set to point to a
> currently unregistered software_node has the potential for problems,
> so enforce parent -> child ordering in arrays passed in to
> software_node_register_nodes().
> 
> Software nodes that are children of another software node should be
> unregistered before their parent. To allow easy unregistering of an array
> of software_nodes ordered parent to child, reverse the order in which
> software_node_unregister_nodes() unregisters software_nodes.
> 
> Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v5:
> 
> 	- None

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>