linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] driver core: platform: provide devm_platform_iounremap

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Date:   Sun, 4 Oct 2020 18:47:45 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     pierre kuo <vichy.kuo@...il.com>
Cc:     rafael@...nel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] driver core: platform: provide
 devm_platform_iounremap_resource

On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 12:21:12AM +0800, pierre kuo wrote:
> hi Greg:
> > Please resend, I can't take patches off of a random web site.
> > Now lore.kernel.org I could take them from :)
> 
> Please refer to the attachments and links on lore.kernel.org.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200920113808.22223-1-vichy.kuo@gmail.com
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200920113808.22223-2-vichy.kuo@gmail.com

Why are you adding new functions but not actually calling them anywhere?
We don't like adding infrastructure that no one uses, that's just
wasteful.

Please redo the series and include some conversions as well, so that we
can see if these new functions are even needed or not.

thanks,

greg k-h