linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH v3 1/3] runtime interpreted power sequences

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:22:17 +0200
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	Alex Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>,
	Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org" 
	<devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v3 1/3] runtime interpreted power sequences

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 03:13:29PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:56:40PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 07:32:20PM +0900, Alex Courbot wrote:
> 
> > > The thing is that I am not sure what happens to the platform data
> > > once probe() is done. Isn't it customary to mark it with __devinit
> > > and have it freed after probing is successful?
> 
> > No, platform data should stay around forever. Otherwise, consider what
> > would happen if your driver is built as a module and you unload and load
> > it again.
> 
> __devinit can be discarded if you disable enough kernel features,
> HOTPLUG is the main one IIRC, modules might also need to go - drivers
> really ought to take a copy of platform data they plan to use at
> runtime, though practically speaking you have to try to trigger any
> problems.

HOTPLUG is marked EXPERT and explicitly states that it should only be
disabled if you're not using modules or dynamic device discovery. I
think if you've ignored all of that you're no longer entitled to
complain.

Thierry

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