Re: [PATCH v3 00/20] Split devres APIs to device/devres.h and introduce devm_kmemdup_array()

From: Raag Jadav
Date: Mon Feb 03 2025 - 05:34:25 EST


On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 11:48:52AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 01:38:42PM +0530, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > This series
> >
> > 1. Splits device/devres.h for the users that are only interested in devres APIs.
> > Original work by Andy Shevchenko:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241203195340.855879-1-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > 2. Introduces a more robust and cleaner devm_kmemdup_array() helper and uses it
> > across drivers.
> >
> > The idea behind embedding both work into a single series is to reduce conflicts
> > and dependencies while merging.
> >
> > v2: Use size_mul() for multiplication (Dmitry)
> > Update commit message (Dmitry)
> >
> > v3: Embed devres.h work by Andy
>
> > Add more users of devm_kmemdup_array()
>
> I understand the desire to cover as much as possible, but it becomes much
> harder to coordinate.

I have a few more patches which I'm delaying to reduce dependency.

Raag