linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] mfd: syscon: Use a unique name with regmap

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Message-ID: <20200828104041.GA5566@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:40:41 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Suman Anna <s-anna@...com>
Cc:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Grzegorz Jaszczyk <grzegorz.jaszczyk@...aro.org>,
        David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>, kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] mfd: syscon: Use a unique name with
 regmap_config

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 03:32:05PM -0500, Suman Anna wrote:

> Can you clarify the lifecycle expectations on the config->name and do you have
> any suggestions here?

The regmap name is expected to be managed by the caller and should be
live as long as the regmap is live, it is almost always static data.

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