linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] New of_io_release_and

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Date:	Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:00:45 -0800
From:	Joshua Clayton <stillcompiling@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] New of_io_release_and_unmap()

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 February 2015 11:20:41 Joshua Clayton wrote:
>> Hello folks,
>> I notice that io_request_and_map has no inverse.
>> I would like to add a new function to undo what it does.
>>
>
> What do you want to use this for? So far all users are in essential drivers
> (clk and clocksource) that result in a boot failure if this goes wrong.
>
That explains a lot. It looks (to my n00b eye) like this function leaks some
references, which is more ok if  the ref counters should never be
decremented to 0.

> Normal drivers can probably always use devm_ioremap_resource(), which
> has an automatic cleanup.
>
Hmmm.
My use case is indeed a normal driver, which could definitely
use devm_ioremap_resource()

>         Arnd

That would leave only "completeness" as a reason. Probably not needed.
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