On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 02:55:06AM +0000, Kuninori Morimoto wrote:

> > > +	if (!card->name)
> > > +		card->name = card->dai_link->name;

> > This will unconditionally defererence dai_link but it's optional - we
> > can have analogue only cards.

> This is not new feature. Current simple-card already has it.

Right, but simple-card does need DAIs IIRC while this is intended to be
more general.  All it needs is a check before the dereference to be safe
so it's trivial to handle.