Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] clkdev: change prototype of clk_register_clkdev()

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 12:09 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 01:24:12PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > Since clk_register_clkdev() is exported for modules the caller should get a
> > pointer to the allocated resources. Otherwise the memory leak is guaranteed on
> > the ->remove() stage.
> 
> clk_register_clkdev() is there to assist mass clock registrations, which
> typically happen in platform code.  It's there to simplify the "I need
> to register this clock which I'm not going to release again".
> 
> I don't see any of these locations trying to unregister their clk from
> clkdev, so I doubt this patch is needed.

We are doing the driver which will use this (as I mentioned in the cover
letter).

> 
> Where a module wants to remove its clk from clkdev, it should register
> its clk with clkdev_create() and remove it with clkdev_drop().
> 

You are talking about something in the wild? I can't find
clkdev_create() neither in current clk.git nor in linux-next.git.

Otherwise we have (and there are places with same case) to use
clkdev_alloc() + clkdev_add() which is few lines more of code.


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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy