Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 9 Apr 2018 13:23:42 +0530 | From | Viresh Kumar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/7] PM / Domain: Add struct device to genpd |
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On 22-03-18, 11:18, Ulf Hansson wrote: > On 22 March 2018 at 10:59, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> wrote: > > On 22-03-18, 10:30, Ulf Hansson wrote: > >> On 22 December 2017 at 08:26, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> wrote:
> >> > + ret = device_add(&genpd->dev); > >> > >> What's the point of adding the device? Can we skip this step, as I > >> guess the opp core is only using the device as cookie rather actual > >> using it? No? > > > > We also use it for the OPP debugfs stuff, so that would be required I believe. > > Right, however, isn't that only using the dev_name(dev), which you > don't need to add the device to make use of. > > Or maybe I missing something around this...
So I tested this bit. The code works fine even if the device isn't added (registered), but this looks a bit sloppy to attempt.
Please let me know what would you prefer in this case, add the device or not.
-- viresh
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