linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] arch/mips/txx9/generic: init dynamic bin

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Message-ID: <20100313022855.GD4034@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:28:55 +0100
From:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] arch/mips/txx9/generic: init dynamic bin_attribute
	structures

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:34:51AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:03:49AM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > Commit 6992f5334995af474c2b58d010d08bc597f0f2fe introduced this requirement.
> > Found with coccinelle, but fixed manually. Compile tested on X86 where
> > possible.
> > 
> 
> Regarding all 3 - it looks like these dynamically alocated attributes
> could be converted to statically allocated ones. I'd recommend doing
> that instead (in fact, I posted patch for the firmware_class couple days
> ago).

I agree for the firmware-patch. Regarding the MIPS one, 'size' might differ and
'private' will differ per instance. Regarding the RTC driver, 'size' might also
differ. I don't know if somebody really wants two RTCs or the SRAM for MIPS can
be instantiated more than once. Unless somebody with actual hardware jumps in,
I'd say better safe than sorry.

Thanks for the comment!

   Wolfram

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