Re: [PATCH RFC 02/11] ACPI: Introduce irq_get() for static fwnodes

[Lorenzo Pieralisi]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 10:40:48AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 05:38:04PM -0700, Ashok Raj wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 10:40:59AM +0200, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 04:24:18PM -0700, Ashok Raj wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 09:48:01AM +0200, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > > > > +	ret = acpi_static_fwnode_read_u32_prop_index(fwnode, ACPI_IRQ_PROP_GSI_POLARITY,
> > > > > +						index, &polarity);
> > 
> > For each of the above calls for read_u32_prop_index() the allocation,
> > copy a value and does free it. 
> > 
> > Instead you could read the whole array, and just get each value and
> > discard it once? 
> 
> This was my question as well. But I formulated it differently.

Same answer (and actually two properties are enough), yes that should
be done, if using software nodes is the way to go, which does not
look like, that's the whole reason behind this series, understanding
where to stash GSI numbers, flags and names. It is a working proof
of concept to get this debated and resolved, hopefully next week at LPC.

Thanks,
Lorenzo