linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 04/39] component: alloc component

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Date:   Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:04:59 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ramalingam C <ramalingam.c@...el.com>,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        seanpaul@...omium.org, tomas.winkler@...el.com,
        uma.shankar@...el.com, ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com,
        chris@...is-wilson.co.uk,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 04/39] component: alloc component_match without any
 comp to match

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 02:42:45PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 09:31:06AM +0530, Ramalingam C wrote:
> > If all the components associated to a component master is not added
> > to the component framework due to the HW capability or Kconfig
> > selection, component_match will be NULL at
> > component_master_add_with_match().
> > 
> > To avoid this, component_match_alloc() is added to the framework,
> > to allcoate the struct component_match with zero associated components.
> > Hence component master can be added with a component_match with zero
> > associated components.
> > 
> > This helps the component master bind call to get triggered,
> > even if no component is registered for that particular master.
> > 
> > This is meant for big PCI device drivers where small/optional
> > features are external components, and based on usecases different
> > combination of components are build as entire driver.
> > 
> > In such PCI device driver Load, if we use the component master for
> > waiting for few  components(features) availability, only if they are
> > supported by the underlying HW, then we need to allocate memory for
> > component_match using the API introduced in this change before
> > the call to component_master_add_with_match.
> > 
> > v2:
> >   No Change.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ramalingam C <ramalingam.c@...el.com>
> > Suggested-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > Cc: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> 
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
> 
> Greg, I expect the i915 feature that needs this will only land in 4.22.
> I'm also not aware of anyone else using this (all the other component
> users always use components). How do you want to get this landed?
> 
> I think either getting this into 4.21, or an ack for merging through drm
> trees would work well for us.

I have no objection to you taking this through the drm tree.  As I
really do not know the component code at all (that would be Russell
King), feel free to add my:

	Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

as it looks sane to me.

thanks,

greg k-h