Re: [PATCH 0/2] PCI: Remove pcim_iounmap_regions()

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:58:24 +0200
Philipp Stanner <pstanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 2025-03-27 at 13:42 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 12:07:06PM +0100, Philipp Stanner wrote:  
> > > The last remaining user of pcim_iounmap_regions() is mtip32 (in
> > > Linus's
> > > current master)
> > > 
> > > So we could finally remove this deprecated API. I suggest that this
> > > gets
> > > merged through the PCI tree.  
> > 
> > Good god! One API less, +1 to support this move.
> > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   
> > > (I also suggest we watch with an eagle's
> > > eyes for folks who want to re-add calls to that function before the
> > > next
> > > merge window opens).  
> > 
> > Instead of this I suggest that PCI can take this before merge window
> > finishes
> > and cooks the (second) PR with it. In such a case we wouldn't need to
> > care,
> > the developers will got broken builds.
> >   
> 
> Normally Bjorn / PCI lets changes settle on a branch for >1 week before
> throwing them at mainline – but if we ask him very very nicely, maybe
> he would make an exception for this special case? :)
> 
linux-next should deal with any new users anyway so I wouldn't worry
about it.  Anyone who still has trees destined for the next merge window
that aren't in next gets to deal with Linus being very grumpy at them.

Jonathan

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