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

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 12:34:03PM +0200, Raag Jadav wrote:
> 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.

So, let's focus on the IIO/pin control ones only for the starter? With the
produced immutable tag you may convince the respective maintainers to pull
that tag along with the patches to their subsystems. It will be much easier
to coordinate and execute.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko