linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mmc: pxamci: fix the device-tree probe deferral path

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Message-ID: <87lh6v2spc.fsf@belgarion.home>
Date:	Mon, 08 Feb 2016 15:16:15 +0100
From:	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
To:	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mmc: pxamci: fix the device-tree probe deferral path

Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org> writes:

> On 6 February 2016 at 22:14, Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr> wrote:
>> When the gpio driver is probed after the mmc one, the read/write gpio
>> and card detection one return -EPROBE_DEFER. Unfortunately, the memory
>> region remains requested, and upon the next probe, the probe will fail
>> anyway with -EBUSY.
>>
>> Fix this by releasing the memory resource upon probe failure.
>>
>> More broadly, this patch uses devm_*() primitives whenever possible in
>> the probe function.
>
> There's actually also clocks and regulators that may be converted to
> use the devm* functions.
> Do you want to do that as a part of this patch as well? Otherwise I
> can apply as is.
Yes, I will add the regulator and clock in this patch, you're right, this makes
sense to me, v3 on its way.

Cheers.

--
Robert