linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 6/6] spi: pxa2xx: Switch from PM ifdeffery to pm

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Message-ID: <Y02SfXLJNNFAdPSR@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Oct 2022 20:35:57 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 6/6] spi: pxa2xx: Switch from PM ifdeffery to pm_ptr()

On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 06:19:53PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 08:12:43PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> > Cleaning up the driver to use pm_ptr() macro instead of ifdeffery
> > that makes it simpler and allows the compiler to remove those functions
> > if built without CONFIG_PM and CONFIG_PM_SLEEP support.
> 
> Are you sure this works cleanly and doesn't suffer from similar problems
> to of_match_ptr() when PM is disabled, leaving some unreferenced statics?

Yes, this is the trick with PTR_IF() behind it, which is not used by OF code.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko