Re: [PATCH v3 06/27] gpio: replace devm_ioremap_nocache with devm_ioremap

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Wed Jan 03 2018 - 02:49:04 EST


On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 7:05 AM, Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2018/1/2 16:41, Linus Walleij wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Default ioremap is ioremap_nocache, so devm_ioremap has the same
>>> function with devm_ioremap_nocache, which can just be killed to
>>> save the size of devres.o
>>>
>>> This patch is to use use devm_ioremap instead of devm_ioremap_nocache,
>>> which should not have any function change but prepare for killing
>>> devm_ioremap_nocache.
>>>
>>> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Signed-off-by: Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Well, I list the ARCHs related to the change file, do not include cris,ia64,mn10300
> and openrisc, which ioremap is not the same as ioremap_nocache, as discussed in cover
> letter. So please let me know if I need update the comment.

I dropped the patch until it's figured out that none of these arches
are affected
by the change.

Please resend with a comment explaining why the change is harmless on the
architectures these drivers are for.

Yours,
Linus Walleij