Re: [PATCH 0/3] platform: add platform_devm_request_and_ioremap()common API

From: Barry Song
Date: Tue Jan 31 2012 - 07:57:30 EST


Hi Artem,

2012/1/31 Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 17:59 +0800, Barry Song wrote:
>> these patches move the common pattern from
>>
>> "
>> res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
>> if (!res) {
>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ret = -ENODEV;
>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â goto err;
>> }
>>
>> base = devm_request_and_ioremap(&dev->dev, mem_res);
>> if (!base) {
>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ret = -ENODEV;
>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â goto err;
>> }
>> "
>
> Am I right that these patches have been generated using the
> coccinelle/api/devm_request_and_ioremap.cocci script?
>
> If yes, I think it would be nice of you to give a credit to coccinelle
> and its authors for developing this awesome tool in every commit
> message.

devm_request_and_ioremap() is still something new by commit
72f8c0bfa0de64c68ee59f40eb9b2683bffffbb0:
author Wolfram Sang <w.sang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:16:47 +0000 (15:16 +0200)

there are only a few users until now. but it is going to be used as a
common/suggested way to request and map resource. now we don't need a
script to find them, just cscope "cs f c devm_request_and_ioremap".

>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Artem Bityutskiy

-barry
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