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[23.128.96.19]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c4-20020a056a000ac400b0050dd2797010si13586988pfl.321.2022.05.08.20.58.35 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 08 May 2022 20:58:36 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org does not designate 23.128.96.19 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.19; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.s=korg header.b=02sb1bav; spf=softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org does not designate 23.128.96.19 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB2B0FE22F; Sun, 8 May 2022 20:56:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1446104AbiEGIhU (ORCPT + 99 others); Sat, 7 May 2022 04:37:20 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55234 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1446093AbiEGIhR (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 May 2022 04:37:17 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EEDA453710; Sat, 7 May 2022 01:33:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6081961033; Sat, 7 May 2022 08:33:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3BA8AC385AC; Sat, 7 May 2022 08:33:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1651912409; bh=eieCeE9Fdh+mCSq7kvDqUtqD4dWmttb7ZzhtYGZmMhA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=02sb1bav56AqxmyArlrAX21IGgeG1DopOeTzyubuc25nQZRtkFcUnmmwdZwUUUUPs OY63D6KlNDo8TblbXBPoRpa4TpHokrst1y0/x2OVYqK8/uFCBbASkg07cBIFpC+Db9 L0Uue1gdqUxJvOVbFKRQqTVTEHKgTDmQXZaK/0+k= Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 10:33:25 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= Cc: lizhe , lee.jones@linaro.org, fthain@linux-m68k.org, akrowiak@linux.ibm.com, pasic@linux.ibm.com, jjherne@linux.ibm.com, freude@linux.ibm.com, hca@linux.ibm.com, gor@linux.ibm.com, agordeev@linux.ibm.com, borntraeger@linux.ibm.com, svens@linux.ibm.com, jejb@linux.ibm.com, martin.petersen@oracle.com, zbr@ioremap.net, perex@perex.cz, tiwai@suse.com, bvanassche@acm.org, dan.j.williams@intel.com, srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org, wens@csie.org, colin.king@intel.com, hare@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, target-devel@vger.kernel.org, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/drivers: Remove redundant driver match function Message-ID: References: <20220506045952.136290-1-sensor1010@163.com> <20220507082137.i23gbxkbjwt36ggd@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20220507082137.i23gbxkbjwt36ggd@pengutronix.de> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 07, 2022 at 10:21:37AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 09:59:52PM -0700, lizhe wrote: > > If there is no driver match function, the driver core assumes that each > > candidate pair (driver, device) matches, see driver_match_device(). > > I wonder who is supposed to apply this patch. Either it should be split > by file and go in via the respective maintainers, or it goes in via > Greg's tree? I added Greg to To: for him to chime in. It should be split up into each subsystem patch and submitted that way. > Best regards > Uwe > > > Signed-off-by: lizhe We also need a "real name" here that is used to sign legal documents. I doubt an all-lower-case name is used that way, so I have to ask. thanks, greg k-h