linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: Provide devm_platform_ioremap_resource

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:47:06 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>,
        Jack Ping CHNG <jack.ping.chng@...ux.intel.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Enrico Weigelt <lkml@...ux.net>,
        Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: Provide devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname()

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 04:10:04PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 04:38:40PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > +Cc: Jack Ping, who did internally the same
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 03:26:25PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> > > Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:15:14 +0200
> > > 
> > > The functions “platform_get_resource_byname” and “devm_ioremap_resource”
> > > are called together in 181 source files.
> > > This implementation detail can be determined also with the help
> > > of the semantic patch language (Coccinelle software).
> > > 
> > > Wrap these two calls into another helper function.
> > > Thus a local variable does not need to be declared for a resource
> > > structure pointer before and a redundant argument can be omitted
> > > for the resource type.
> > 
> > This one makes sense.
> > Though I'm not sure Greg will see your message.
> 
> Nope, didn't see it, don't want to see it, it will only cause more work
> in the longrun...
> 
> > Rafael, maybe you can apply this one?
> 
> Um, don't go around maintainers please, that's rude.  

I won't do it, how should we proceed if de facto this functionality is good to
have besides the fact of coming new user in the future?

> There is a reason
> this specific developer is in my blacklist, and perhaps they should be
> in yours as well :)

Perhaps.

> I don't like adding new apis with no user.

Perhaps Jack Ping will send it as a first patch of his series where he utilizes
this functionality. Would it be acceptable?

That's why I Cc'ed him as well.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko