linux-kernel - Re: EDAC: Armada XP: Use devm_platform_ioremap

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Date:   Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:25:46 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Jan Lübbe <jlu@...gutronix.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: EDAC: Armada XP: Use devm_platform_ioremap_resource() in two
 functions

> Which semantic patch did you use here?

I suggest to take another look at details around background information
on a subject like “Coccinelle: api: add devm_platform_ioremap_resource script”.
https://lore.kernel.org/r/2cacd712-a8b8-6471-a9b4-23ba54434c02@web.de/
https://systeme.lip6.fr/pipermail/cocci/2019-September/006303.html
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/19/81

> There are probably more drivers to fix than the above and the one you fixed:

Yes, of course.

I concentrated my update suggestions on a specific source code
transformation variant recently.

> So while at it, how about fixing the .cocci patch in scripts/ and run
> it for drivers/edac?

Some developers are trying to improve affected software components further.
Did you eventually receive similar patches already by other contributors?

> There should be one patch only for all edac drivers.

Is there consensus for this kind of change expectation?

Regards,
Markus