linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] pinctrl: Don't copy pin names when registering them

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdajbtVnia2nUsYBzH5MbeModpAazXyHU5Dm1GPua2QJJg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:45:39 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...escale.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	David Brown <davidb@...eaurora.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Rongjun Ying <Rongjun.Ying@....com>,
	Linaro Dev <linaro-dev@...ts.linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] pinctrl: Don't copy pin names when registering them

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com> wrote:

> A pin controller's names array is no longer marked __refdata. Hence, we
> can avoid copying a pin's name into the descriptor when registering it.
> Instead, just point at the string supplied in the pin array.
>
> This both simplifies and speeds up pin controller initialization, but
> also removes the hard-coded maximum pin name length.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>

Thanks, applied.
Linus Walleij
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