linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] device core: Add flag to autoremove device link on supplier unbind

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jul 2018 16:49:26 +0530
From:   Vivek Gautam <vivek.gautam@...eaurora.org>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] device core: Add flag to autoremove device link on
 supplier unbind



On 7/4/2018 4:14 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 9:16:20 AM CEST Vivek Gautam wrote:
>> Adding Ulf and Marek.
>>
>> On 6/27/2018 6:20 PM, Vivek Gautam wrote:
>>> Add a flag to autoremove the device links on supplier driver
>>> unbind. This obviates the need to explicitly delete the link
>>> in the remove path.
>>> We remove these links only when the supplier's link to its
>>> consumers has gone to DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND state.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Vivek Gautam <vivek.gautam@...eaurora.org>
>>> Suggested-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
>>> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
>>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>>> Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
>>> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
>>> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
>>> Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
>>> Cc: linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
>>> ---
>> Hi Rafael, et al.
>>
>> Gentle ping.
>> Do you have comments on this series. I would really like to conclude these
>> device link additions sooner, and get things moving on the long awaited
>> arm-smmu clock/runtime support series.
>>
>> Thanks again for reviewing these patches.
> Hi Rafael,

> They are fine by me.

Cool.

>
> I can queue them up for 4.19 if no one has objections (Greg in
> particular).

Thanks for this.
Robin, If this approach is fine with you too, then I can go ahead and 
respin the
smmu patch series - updating the device link flag.

Best regards
Vivek

> Thanks,
> Rafael
>
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