linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/22] gpio: add the can_sleep flag to struct gpio

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdaiECDm3g0HOvBgRDrEieM9A5+AMfN2GFkRhP05XY4L8A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:17:18 +0100
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>, Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>, 
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>, "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, 
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>, 
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/22] gpio: add the can_sleep flag to struct gpio_device

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 1:48 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:

> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
>
> Duplicating the can_sleep value in GPIO device will allow us to not
> needlessly dereference the chip pointer in several places and reduce the
> number of SRCU read-only critical sections.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij