linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/14] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Remove image loading during init

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Message-ID: <3a2f83e0-9ce5-ee6b-2b70-a7e94f4b7de7@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 Nov 2022 17:59:07 -0800
From:   Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
To:     Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@...el.com>, <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        <markgross@...nel.org>
CC:     <tglx@...utronix.de>, <mingo@...hat.com>, <bp@...en8.de>,
        <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, <x86@...nel.org>, <hpa@...or.com>,
        <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        <tony.luck@...el.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>, <patches@...ts.linux.dev>,
        <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>, <thiago.macieira@...el.com>,
        <athenas.jimenez.gonzalez@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/14] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Remove image loading
 during init

On 11/7/2022 2:53 PM, Jithu Joseph wrote:
> IFS test image is unnecessarily loaded during driver initialization.
> Drop image loading during ifs_init() and improve module load time.
> With this change, user has to load one when starting the tests.
> 
> As a consequence, make ifs_sem static as it is only used within sysfs.c
> 
> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> Suggested-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@...el.com>

Reviewed-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>