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Message-ID: <20181015185611.GA5201@kroah.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:56:11 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Roman Kiryanov <rkir@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/15] platform: goldfish: pipe: Move memory
allocation from probe to init
On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 11:48:28AM -0700, Roman Kiryanov wrote:
> > You should only allocate memory at probe time
>
> probe does not know what memory to allocate. We have several versions
> of the driver (with different init) and different versions allocate
> different state.
I only see one driver here.
Why does probe not know what to allocate? That is exactly when the
device is bound to the driver, you have _way_ more information than you
do at init time.
> >, not init time as what
> > happens if the hardware is not present yet your driver is loaded?
>
> init will have to rollback what it allocated.
But those resources it will sit there wasted until unload happens. And
unload _never_ happens on a system unless you are a developer working on
the module.
thanks,
greg k-h
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