linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND RFC PATCH v3] clk: Use new helper in managed functions

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Message-ID: <20200220112700.GJ3374196@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:27:00 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@...e.fr>
Cc:     Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Suzuki Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND RFC PATCH v3] clk: Use new helper in managed functions

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 11:04:58AM +0100, Marc Gonzalez wrote:
> Introduce devm_add() to wrap devres_alloc() / devres_add() calls.
> 
> Using that helper produces simpler code, and smaller object size.
> E.g. with gcc-arm-9.2-2019.12-x86_64-aarch64-none-linux-gnu:
> 
>     text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
> -   1708	     80	      0	   1788	    6fc	drivers/clk/clk-devres.o
> +   1524	     80	      0	   1604	    644	drivers/clk/clk-devres.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@...e.fr>
> ---
> Differences from v2 to v3
> x Make devm_add() return an error-code rather than the raw data pointer
>   (in case devres_alloc ever returns an ERR_PTR) as suggested by Geert
> x Provide a variadic version devm_vadd() to work with structs as suggested
>   by Geert
> x Don't use nested ifs in clk_devm* implementations (hopefully simpler
>   code logic to follow) as suggested by Geert
> 
> Questions:
> x This patch might need to be split in two? (Introduce the new API, then use it)
> x Convert other subsystems to show the value of this proposal?
> x Maybe comment the API usage somewhere
> ---
>  drivers/base/devres.c    | 15 ++++++
>  drivers/clk/clk-devres.c | 99 ++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  include/linux/device.h   |  3 ++
>  3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/devres.c b/drivers/base/devres.c
> index 0bbb328bd17f..b2603789755b 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/devres.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/devres.c
> @@ -685,6 +685,21 @@ int devres_release_group(struct device *dev, void *id)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devres_release_group);
>  
> +int devm_add(struct device *dev, dr_release_t func, void *arg, size_t size)

Please add a bunch of kerneldoc here, as I have no idea what this
function does just by looking at the name of it :(

thanks,

greg k-h