Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: dwapb: Fold dwapb_context into dwapb_gpio_port

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

On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 09:56:53AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 08:32:06AM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> > Fold dwapb_context into struct dwapb_gpio_port to further simplify
> > the code. Sure this brings a tiny 36 bytes data overhead for
> > !PM_SLEEP. After grepping the arm/arm64/riscv dts dir, the max dwapb
> > GPIO port number is 6(the berlin2q soc family), so this means we will
> > waste 216 bytes memory in total which is trivial compared to the
> > system memory.
> > 
> > From another side, as Michael mentioned:
> > "The driver currently allocates the struct with kzalloc and stores a
> > pointer to it in case of PM=y.
> > So this probably has an overhead in the same order of magnitude
> > (pointer + malloc overhead/alignment/fragmentation) in case of PM=y
> > now."
> > 
> > So let's Fold dwapb_context into struct dwapb_gpio_port.
> 
> Fold --> fold
> 
> Given more thinking on this, I believe the approach with kmalloc() is
> preferable, but what should be done is

> - making context a global variable

I mean global _per device_, so moving it to the DWAPB device level structure.

> - considering allocation for all ports at once
> 
> If this is done, the embedded approach will look less efficient.
> So, please try that one instead.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko