linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 09/10] spi: pxa2xx: Move platform driver to a separate file

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Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 23:36:16 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 09/10] spi: pxa2xx: Move platform driver to a separate
 file

On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 10:47:43PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The spi-pxa2xx.c is bloated with a platform driver code while
> pretending to provide a core functionality. Make it real core
> library by splitting out the platform driver to a separate file.

..

> @@ -1597,8 +1485,9 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_probe(struct device *dev, struct ssp_device *ssp)

>  	pxa_ssp_free(ssp);

Looking at this leftover, namely this patch should remove the above line,
I realised that there is a problem with the original code as well as it may
drop a reference count in pxa/ssp.c before cleaning up other things which
might have unexpected behaviour.

>  	return status;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(pxa2xx_spi_probe, SPI_PXA2xx);

I will rework this one along with providing a fix for the above mentioned
issue. Meanwhile I will wait for other comments for the rest of the series.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko