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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:06:12 -0700
From: Roman Kiryanov <rkir@...gle.com>
To: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
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
> > 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.
It will be added in "PATCH v3 15/15". There will be two init functions
allocating
different states.
> 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.
We have two versions of the driver. Probe asks for the version and
calls the init function for this version.
I don't want probe to know everything about all versions.
> > >, 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.
If probe fails I expect the kernel to release all resources. Is this
not the case?
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