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Re: [PATCH 0/5] irq: generic-chip: resource management improvements

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2017-05-31 18:06 GMT+02:00 Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>:
> This series is a follow-up to [1].
>
> Some users of irq_alloc_generic_chip() are modules which can be
> removed (e.g. gpio-ml-ioh) but have no means of freeing the allocated
> generic chip.
>
> Last time it was suggested to provide irq_destroy_generic_chip() which
> would undo both irq_remove_generic_chip() and irq_alloc_generic_chip().
>
> This functionality is provided by patch 2/5 with 1/5 adding the option
> to only free the allocated memory.
>
> Patch 3/5 exports a function that will be used in the devres variant
> of irq_alloc_generic_chip().
>
> Patches 4/5 and 5/5 add resource managed versions of
> irq_alloc_generic_chip() & irq_setup_generic_chip(). They will be used
> in drivers where applicable. Device resources are released in reverse
> order so it's ok to call devm_irq_alloc_generic_chip() and then
> devm_irq_setup_generic_chip().
>
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/3/8/550
>
> Bartosz Golaszewski (5):
>   irq: generic-chip: provide irq_free_generic_chip()
>   irq: generic-chip: provide irq_destroy_generic_chip()
>   irq: generic-chip: export irq_init_generic_chip() locally
>   irq: generic-chip: provide devm_irq_alloc_generic_chip()
>   irq: generic-chip: provide devm_irq_setup_generic_chip()
>
>  Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt |  2 +
>  include/linux/irq.h                   | 22 +++++++++
>  kernel/irq/devres.c                   | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/irq/generic-chip.c             |  7 ++-
>  kernel/irq/internals.h                | 11 +++++
>  5 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.9.3
>

Ping for v4.13.

Is there any reason not to merge it?

Thanks,
Bartosz

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Re: [PATCH 0/5] irq: generic-chip: resource management improvements Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl> - 2017-06-20 12:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/5] irq: generic-chip: resource management improvements Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl> - 2017-06-20 12:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/5] irq: generic-chip: resource management  improvements Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-06-20 16:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 0/5] irq: generic-chip: resource management improvements Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl> - 2017-06-21 12:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/5] irq: generic-chip: resource management improvements Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> - 2017-06-20 12:50 +0200

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