linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND 07/11] pwm: sti: Initialise PWM Capture channel data

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:11:46 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...inux.com, maxime.coquelin@...com,
	linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, ajitpal.singh@...com
Subject: Re: [RESEND 07/11] pwm: sti: Initialise PWM Capture channel data

On Tue, 12 Apr 2016, Thierry Reding wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 03:32:05PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> [...]
> > +struct sti_cpt_data {
> > +	u32 snapshot[3];
> > +	int index;
> > +	int gpio;

[...]

> > +
> > +		init_waitqueue_head(&data->wait);
> > +		mutex_init(&data->lock);
> > +		data->gpio = of_get_named_gpio(np, "capture-gpios", chan);
> > +		pc->cpt_data[chan] = data;
> 
> Converting to per-PWM data should be as simple as turning this last line
> into:
> 
> 	pwm_set_chip_data(pc->chip.pwms[chan], data);
> 
> Also I don't see any cleanup for this data in the driver. The memory for
> the per-PWM data should be freed by devm_*() infrastructure, but how
> will the GPIO be released?

There is no reason to release a GPIO.

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Lee Jones
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