linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: xgene-slimpro: Simplify PCC shared memory region handling

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Message-ID: <gzrqpn7a5g5bqvlc6ryw64iux3w5v3a4iqxu2i4qkivn7l2nf7@4drkvcwi6pyw>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:30:38 +0200
From: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
To: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: xgene-slimpro: Simplify PCC shared memory region
 handling

Hi Sudeep,

On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 12:23:03PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> The PCC driver now handles mapping and unmapping of shared memory
> areas as part of pcc_mbox_{request,free}_channel(). Without these before,
> this xgene-slimpro I2C driver did handling of those mappings like several
> other PCC mailbox client drivers.
> 
> There were redundant operations, leading to unnecessary code. Maintaining
> the consistency across these driver was harder due to scattered handling
> of shmem.
> 
> Just use the mapped shmem and remove all redundant operations from this
> driver.
> 
> Cc: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>

I thought this patch was going to take other paths. Anyway, I
merged it to i2c/i2c-host.

Thanks,
Andi