linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/20] Split devres APIs to device/devres.h and introduce devm_kmemdup

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Message-ID: <Z6Cbm3XAG-8XPvoU@black.fi.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 12:34:03 +0200
From: Raag Jadav <raag.jadav@...el.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rafael@...nel.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
	mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com,
	lgirdwood@...il.com, broonie@...nel.org, sre@...nel.org,
	jic23@...nel.org, przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-sound@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/20] Split devres APIs to device/devres.h and
 introduce devm_kmemdup_array()

On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 11:48:52AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 01:38:42PM +0530, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > This series
> > 
> > 1. Splits device/devres.h for the users that are only interested in devres APIs.
> >    Original work by Andy Shevchenko:
> >    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241203195340.855879-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
> > 
> > 2. Introduces a more robust and cleaner devm_kmemdup_array() helper and uses it
> >    across drivers.
> > 
> > The idea behind embedding both work into a single series is to reduce conflicts
> > and dependencies while merging.
> > 
> > v2: Use size_mul() for multiplication (Dmitry)
> >     Update commit message (Dmitry)
> > 
> > v3: Embed devres.h work by Andy
> 
> >     Add more users of devm_kmemdup_array()
> 
> I understand the desire to cover as much as possible, but it becomes much
> harder to coordinate.

I have a few more patches which I'm delaying to reduce dependency.

Raag