linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 6/13] Char: nozomi, reorder and cleanup probe, remove

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Date:	Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:42:07 +0100
From:	Frank Seidel <fseidel@...e.de>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 6/13] Char: nozomi, reorder and cleanup probe, remove

On Samstag 10 November 2007 00:46:51, you (Jiri Slaby) wrote:
> nozomi, reorder and cleanup probe, remove
> - remap space after requesting region, to not map something we cannot use
>   anyway
> - init spin lock before request_irq, because due to shared irq debug, isr
>   might be called immediately, where the lock is being held
> - remove INIT_LIST_HEAD before list_add, it's useless, because list_add
>   re-sets prev and next
> - reorder cleanup to be the same as fail path of probe (or in other words,
>   the reverse of probe)
> - no need to call nozomi_setup_private_data in remove, pointers are set in
>   probe

All perfect catches IMHO. Applied without changes.

Thanks,
Frank
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