linux-kernel - Re: [v2][PATCH] Revert "mfd: syscon: Don't free allocated name for regmap

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Date:   Mon, 22 Feb 2021 09:21:14 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Li, Meng" <Meng.Li@...driver.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        arnd@...db.de, "Hao, Kexin" <Kexin.Hao@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [v2][PATCH] Revert "mfd: syscon: Don't free allocated name for
 regmap_config"

On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Marc Zyngier wrote:

> Hi Limeng,
> 
> On 2021-02-22 03:45, Li, Meng wrote:
> > Hi Marc&Lee,
> > 
> > Is there any comment on this patch?
> > Could you please help to review this patch so that I can improve it if
> > it still has weakness?
> 
> If you are confident that the root issue has been fixed, no objection
> from me, but I'm not in a position to test it at the moment (the board
> I found the problem on is in a bit of a state).

I'm not keen on flip-flopping this patch in and out of the kernel.
Someone really needs to spend some time to map out the full life-cycle
and propose a (possibly cross-subsystem) solution.

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