netdev - Re: [RFT net-next v4 2/5] net: stmmac: dwmac-meson8b: simplify generating the clock names

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:36:10 +0100
From:   Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
To:     Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, ingrassia@...genesys.com,
        linus.luessing@...3.blue, khilman@...libre.com,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        peppe.cavallaro@...com, alexandre.torgue@...com
Subject: Re: [RFT net-next v4 2/5] net: stmmac: dwmac-meson8b: simplify
 generating the clock names

On Mon, 2018-01-15 at 13:02 +0100, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> > Here you'd allocate memory for each string which will remain until the driver
> > unload. It's not much, but still, it is wasted memory.
> 
> good catch, thank you!
> maybe I should drop this patch for now and clean up the clock
> registration in another series - I can try to get rid of the
> "unneeded" members in struct meson8b_dwmac in a new patch. what do you
> think?

I think it would be wise, yes.

Cheers
Jerome