Re: [PATCH] drivers: Provide devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname()

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 4:10 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 04:38:40PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > +Cc: Jack Ping, who did internally the same
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 03:26:25PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:15:14 +0200
> > >
> > > The functions âplatform_get_resource_bynameâ and âdevm_ioremap_resourceâ
> > > are called together in 181 source files.
> > > This implementation detail can be determined also with the help
> > > of the semantic patch language (Coccinelle software).
> > >
> > > Wrap these two calls into another helper function.
> > > Thus a local variable does not need to be declared for a resource
> > > structure pointer before and a redundant argument can be omitted
> > > for the resource type.
> >
> > This one makes sense.
> > Though I'm not sure Greg will see your message.
>
> Nope, didn't see it, don't want to see it, it will only cause more work
> in the longrun...
>
> > Rafael, maybe you can apply this one?
>
> Um, don't go around maintainers please, that's rude.

Totally agreed.

And there would be no reason for me to even consider applying it, really.

> There is a reason this specific developer is in my blacklist, and perhaps they should be
> in yours as well :)
>
> > FWIW,
> > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/base/platform.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
> > > index 4d1729853d1a..c1f19a479dd7 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/base/platform.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
> > > @@ -97,6 +97,24 @@ void __iomem *devm_platform_ioremap_resource(struct platform_device *pdev,
> > >     return devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
> > >  }
> > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_platform_ioremap_resource);
> > > +
> > > +/**
> > > + * devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname
> > > + * Call devm_ioremap_resource() for a platform device
> > > + *
> > > + * @pdev: platform device to use both for memory resource lookup as well as
> > > + *        resource management
> > > + * @name: resource name
> > > + */
> > > +void __iomem *devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname(struct platform_device *pdev,
> > > +                                               const char *name)
> > > +{
> > > +   struct resource *res;
> > > +
> > > +   res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, name);
> > > +   return devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
> > > +}
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname);
> > >  #endif /* CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM */
>
> I don't like adding new apis with no user.

I agree with that too.

Cheers!