linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] RFC: AMBA bus discardable probe() function

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Date:	Thu, 5 Aug 2010 08:26:00 +0200
From:	Linus WALLEIJ <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org" <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	Viresh KUMAR <viresh.kumar@...com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] RFC: AMBA bus discardable probe() function

[Greg]
> [Me]
> > +	spin_lock(&amba_bustype.p->klist_drivers.k_lock);
> 
> Ick, nope, you can't do this, sorry.  That's a "private" structure for
> a reason.

Yeah I get it, but in the platform bus case what's that traversal of 
the klists actually for? I didn't get it, and was guessing that it
was considering the case where devices spawn new devices.

> So what's the real driving force here, just saving a few hundred bytes
> after booting?  Or something else?

A few thousand actually according to Russells measurements.
And no I don't think it's worth it unless someone else challenge this...

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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