linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Add managed ioremap function for shared resources

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:23:43 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Ladislav Michl <ladis@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:MEMORY TECHNOLOGY..." <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Add managed ioremap function for shared resources

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 12:06 PM, Ladislav Michl <ladis@...ux-mips.org> wrote:
> Many drivers can simplified by using devm_ioremap_resource()
> instead of open coding its functionality. However, as pointed
> by Wei Yongjun, that function cannot be used when memory region
> is already taken. See previous discussion here:
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pci/msg68495.html
>
> To ease job of driver developers, new function for that
> purpose is implemented and its usage shown on davinci
> mtd driver.
>

Sometimes we also need that, so, after addressing my comments FWIW

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>

> Changes from previous version:
> - moved function prototype in headers other way around (PATCH 1/3),
>   the rest of patches was dropped.
>
> Ladislav Michl (3):
>   devres: Move devm_ioremap_resource() out of device.h
>   devres: Add devm_ioremap_shared_resource()
>   mtd: nand: davinci: Use devm_ioremap_shared_resource()
>
>  drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c | 24 +++++++-----------------
>  include/linux/device.h          |  2 --
>  include/linux/io.h              |  7 +++++++
>  lib/devres.c                    | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
>  4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.15.1
>



-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko