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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>2020-04-15 16:45:19 +0200
committerRob Herring <robh@kernel.org>2020-05-04 17:09:46 -0500
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docs: dt: convert changesets to ReST
- Add a SPDX header; - Add a document title; - Some whitespace fixes and new line breaks; - Add it to devicetree/index.rst. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
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-A DT changeset is a method which allows one to apply changes
-in the live tree in such a way that either the full set of changes
-will be applied, or none of them will be. If an error occurs partway
-through applying the changeset, then the tree will be rolled back to the
-previous state. A changeset can also be removed after it has been
-applied.
-
-When a changeset is applied, all of the changes get applied to the tree
-at once before emitting OF_RECONFIG notifiers. This is so that the
-receiver sees a complete and consistent state of the tree when it
-receives the notifier.
-
-The sequence of a changeset is as follows.
-
-1. of_changeset_init() - initializes a changeset
-
-2. A number of DT tree change calls, of_changeset_attach_node(),
-of_changeset_detach_node(), of_changeset_add_property(),
-of_changeset_remove_property, of_changeset_update_property() to prepare
-a set of changes. No changes to the active tree are made at this point.
-All the change operations are recorded in the of_changeset 'entries'
-list.
-
-3. of_changeset_apply() - Apply the changes to the tree. Either the
-entire changeset will get applied, or if there is an error the tree will
-be restored to the previous state. The core ensures proper serialization
-through locking. An unlocked version __of_changeset_apply is available,
-if needed.
-
-If a successfully applied changeset needs to be removed, it can be done
-with of_changeset_revert().