linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] mfd: syscon: Switch to use devm_ioremap

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Date:   Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:20:51 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] mfd: syscon: Switch to use devm_ioremap_resource()

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 10:12:57AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 9:49 AM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Instead of checking resource pointer for being NULL and
> > report some not very standard error codes in this case,
> > switch to devm_ioremap_resource() API.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> IIRC there are some slightly odd uses of syscon that rely on on us not calling
> devm_request_mem_region here, which is implied by devm_ioremap_resource()
> but not devm_ioremap().

Ah, I see.

> A patch to add a comment about this might be helpful though.

I think the comment won't help if there are overlapping regions are in use.
Probably no need to apply this for now.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko