Dmitry,

On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 02:16:37PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> i2c bus has 2 different types of device belonging to the same bus and
> bus notifiers use device type to distinguish between adapters and clients.
> Previously we only had i2c_adapter_type exported, which made code wanting
> to work with i2c_client devices test for type not equal to adapter type.
> This unfortunately is not safe if we ever add another type to the bus,
> so let's export i2c_client_type as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> Wolfram, this is the patch I was talking about in the other mail.

I see. From a glimpse, I am fine with the patch. I'll add Jean Delvare
to CC, though, in case I missed some detail he still knows. Furthermore,
while I agree that testing for "not adapter" when one means "is client"
is not nice, is there a bigger benefit than being correct in your queue?

Regards,

   Wolfram

> 
>  drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 4 ++--
>  include/linux/i2c.h    | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> index 34a5115484dd..446e341e9508 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> @@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(core_lock);
>  static DEFINE_IDR(i2c_adapter_idr);
>  
> -static struct device_type i2c_client_type;
>  static int i2c_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, struct i2c_driver *driver);
>  
>  static struct static_key i2c_trace_msg = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
> @@ -1096,11 +1095,12 @@ struct bus_type i2c_bus_type = {
>  };
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_bus_type);
>  
> -static struct device_type i2c_client_type = {
> +struct device_type i2c_client_type = {
>  	.groups		= i2c_dev_groups,
>  	.uevent		= i2c_device_uevent,
>  	.release	= i2c_client_dev_release,
>  };
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_client_type);
>  
>  
>  /**
> diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
> index 2cc3988d127b..89ca5e56b433 100644
> --- a/include/linux/i2c.h
> +++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>  
>  extern struct bus_type i2c_bus_type;
>  extern struct device_type i2c_adapter_type;
> +extern struct device_type i2c_client_type;
>  
>  /* --- General options ------------------------------------------------	*/
>  
> -- 
> 2.12.0.246.ga2ecc84866-goog
>