linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/14] platform/x86: remove sparse_keymap

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VckmaCmEyimWq23MeUjpg2jMhfZVoTRYVxFCoSRJoSSZg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2017 18:11:45 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Michał Kępień <kernel@...pniu.pl>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@...il.com>,
        Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@...il.com>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>,
        Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@...onical.com>,
        Ike Panhc <ike.pan@...onical.com>,
        "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@...e.com>,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
        Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
        acpi4asus-user <acpi4asus-user@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] platform/x86: remove sparse_keymap_free() calls

On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Michał Kępień <kernel@...pniu.pl> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> This patch series removes all uses of sparse_keymap_free() in the x86
> platform driver subsystem due to an upcoming change in
> sparse_keymap_setup() behavior wrt memory management.  Specifically,
> sparse_keymap_setup() will use managed memory for the keymap copy it
> creates, which enables it to be automatically freed upon input device
> removal, without the need to explicitly call sparse_keymap_free().
>
> I thought it makes sense to post all these patches as a single series.
> To minimize spamming, only this cover letter is addressed to all the
> maintainers whose drivers are affected by this series, while each of the
> subsequent patches will only be sent to the relevant recipients, plus
> the platform-driver-x86 mailing list and subsystem maintainers.
>
> Darren, Andy, all these patches should only be applied after merging an
> immutable branch called ib/4.10-sparse-keymap-managed from Dmitry
> Torokhov's git tree.

Pushed to testing.

If anyone has objections, please tell me as soon as possible (though
we have still time to remove / revert changes which I hope not the
case here).

>  drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c         |  5 +----
>  drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c      |  8 ++------
>  drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c         |  8 ++------
>  drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-aio.c     |  6 +-----
>  drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c         | 16 ++++------------
>  drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c     |  8 ++------
>  drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c           |  5 +----
>  drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c   |  5 +----
>  drivers/platform/x86/msi-laptop.c       | 14 +++-----------
>  drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c          |  9 ++-------
>  drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c | 18 +++---------------
>  drivers/platform/x86/topstar-laptop.c   |  5 +----
>  drivers/platform/x86/toshiba-wmi.c      |  5 +----
>  drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c     |  8 ++------
>  14 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.12.0
>



-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko