linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] soundwire: intel: move to auxiliary bus

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Date:   Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:12:42 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org,
        rander.wang@...ux.intel.com, hui.wang@...onical.com,
        pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com, sanyog.r.kale@...el.com,
        bard.liao@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] soundwire: intel: move to auxiliary bus

On 11-05-21, 13:21, Bard Liao wrote:
> From: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Now that the auxiliary_bus exists, there's no reason to use platform
> devices as children of a PCI device any longer.
> 
> This patch refactors the code by extending a basic auxiliary device
> with Intel link-specific structures that need to be passed between
> controller and link levels. This refactoring is much cleaner with no
> need for cross-pointers between device and link structures.
> 
> Note that the auxiliary bus API has separate init and add steps, which
> requires more attention in the error unwinding paths. The main loop
> needs to deal with kfree() and auxiliary_device_uninit() for the
> current iteration before jumping to the common label which releases
> everything allocated in prior iterations.

Applied, thanks

-- 
~Vinod