linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] pinctrl: Store mapping table as a list of chunks

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Message-ID: <74CDBE0F657A3D45AFBB94109FB122FF1790EC873F@HQMAIL01.nvidia.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:35:29 -0800
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] pinctrl: Store mapping table as a list of chunks

Stephen Warren wrote at Wednesday, February 15, 2012 2:01 PM:
> Instead of storing a single array of mapping table entries, which
> requires realloc()ing that array each time it's extended and copying
> the new data, simply store a list of pointers to the individual chunks.
> This also removes the need to copy the mapping table at all; a pointer
> is maintained to the original table, this saving memory.
...
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
...
> @@ -689,31 +719,17 @@ int __init pinctrl_register_mappings(struct pinctrl_map const *maps,
...
> +	maps_node = kzalloc(sizeof(*maps), GFP_KERNEL);

That should be sizeof(*maps_node).

I'll post a respin of this with the rest of my pinctrl changes.

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