linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 2/3] of: reserved_mem: Accessor for acquiring reserved

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Date:   Fri, 26 May 2017 22:37:33 -0500
From:   Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>
To:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
Cc:     David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/3] of: reserved_mem: Accessor for acquiring reserved_mem

On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 10:35:18AM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> In some cases drivers referencing a reserved-memory region might want to
> remap the entire region, but when defining the reserved-memory by "size"
> the client driver has no means to know the associated base address of
> the reserved memory region.
> 
> This patch adds an accessor for such drivers to acquire a handle to
> their associated reserved-memory for this purpose.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>

Reviewed-by: Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>