linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] irqchip: convert ls-extirq to a platform driver

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Message-ID: <87pl7di7t9.ffs@tglx>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:20:02 +0100
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...nel.org>
To: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>, Alexander Stein
 <alexander.stein@...tq-group.com>, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>, Johan Hovold
 <johan+linaro@...nel.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, "Rob
 Herring (Arm)" <robh@...nel.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman
 <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] irqchip: convert ls-extirq to a platform driver

On Tue, Jan 13 2026 at 20:43, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 07:36:48PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> Yes. I've marked it "wait for update" and that's the state since
>> Dec. 5th.
>
> Thanks for the response. I've since looked at the code, and Alexander's
> cleanups are more than "nice", they are required, because when you
> convert a driver from IRQCHIP_DECLARE() to platform_driver, you
> introduce the possibility for it to be unbound from the device, and when
> you do that, the memory that ls_extirq_probe() has allocated needs to be
> freed.

Oh, didn't look in that detail. Thanks for catching it!

> Ioana, Alexander, could you please start a discussion to see who can
> submit the follow up to this thread?

Yes please.