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

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Message-ID: <20210310083148.GD4931@dell>
Date:   Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:31:48 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     "Li, Meng" <Meng.Li@...driver.com>
Cc:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "arnd@...db.de" <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 Wed, 10 Mar 2021, Li, Meng wrote:

> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 2:15 AM
> > To: Li, Meng <Meng.Li@...driver.com>
> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>; 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"
> > 
> > [Please note: This e-mail is from an EXTERNAL e-mail address]
> > 
> > On Tue, 09 Mar 2021, Li, Meng wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 5:43 PM
> > > > To: Li, Meng <Meng.Li@...driver.com>
> > > > Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>; 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"
> > > >
> > > > [Please note: This e-mail is from an EXTERNAL e-mail address]
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Li, Meng wrote:
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 5:21 PM
> > > > > > 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"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [Please note: This e-mail is from an EXTERNAL e-mail address]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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.
> > > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for all of your comments.
> > > >
> > > > Have you looked into this further at all?
> > > >
> > >
> > > No.
> > > Maintainer expects better solution to solve this issue from frame level, and
> > consider cross-subsystem.
> > 
> > Yes, I do.  Does that mean you're going to drop it?
> > 
> 
> Thanks for fixing this issue. 
> Please discard my patch, I will not do further effort and drop it.

For the record, this has not been fixed.

Someone still needs to work on a suitable fix for this issue.

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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