linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] scripts/coccinelle: semantic patches related to devm

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Message-ID: <20111227171032.GA22729@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:10:33 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	Nicolas Palix <npalix.work@...il.com>, cocci@...u.dk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mmarek@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] scripts/coccinelle: semantic patches related to
 devm_ functions

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 05:41:31PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>

Something went wrong here?

> devm_ functions allocate memory that is to remain allocated until the
> device is detached.  This patch checks for opportunities for using the
> function devm_request_and_ioremap.

Note that devm_request_and_ioremap() is scheduled for merge in 3.3 so
patches based on this should probably wait until after that has been
merged.
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