linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] lib: devres: add a helper function for ioremap

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Date:   Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:06:57 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     Tuowen Zhao <ztuowen@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        acelan.kao@...onical.com, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] lib: devres: add a helper function for ioremap_uc

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 9:45 AM Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2019, Tuowen Zhao wrote:
> > Implement a resource managed strongly uncachable ioremap function.
> >
> > Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> > Tested-by: AceLan Kao <acelan.kao@...onical.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Tuowen Zhao <ztuowen@...il.com>
> > Acked-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
> > Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> > Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> > Acked-for-MFD-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/io.h |  2 ++
> >  lib/devres.c       | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
>
> Applied, thanks.

This is now commit e537654b7039aacf ("lib: devres: add a helper function
for ioremap_uc") in upstream.

Do we really need this? There is only one user of ioremap_uc(), which
Christoph is trying hard to get rid of, and now you made it mandatory.
https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20191112105507.GA7122@lst.de/

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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