Re: [PATCH] gpio: gpiolib: use devm_* API to simplify driver code

From: Peng Fan
Date: Sat Sep 05 2015 - 09:32:30 EST


On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 11:38:47AM +0300, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> On 08/24/2015 03:05 PM, Peng Fan wrote:
> >Use devm_* API to simplify driver code.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <van.freenix@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Cc: Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> > drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 11 +++++------
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> >index 6bc612b..f9470b0 100644
> >--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> >+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> >@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ int gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip)
> > int base = chip->base;
> > struct gpio_desc *descs;
> >
> >- descs = kcalloc(chip->ngpio, sizeof(descs[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
> >+ descs = devm_kcalloc(chip->dev, chip->ngpio, sizeof(descs[0]),
> >+ GFP_KERNEL);
>
> ^ above will not work for every one as NOT all GPIO drivers
> implemented using dev/drv model, so chip->dev could be not set
> (at least it was true when I've checked it last time).
>

Thanks for correcting me!

Regards,
Peng.

>
>
>
> --
> regards,
> -grygorii
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