Re: [PATCH v20 01/10] power: reset: reboot-mode: Remove devres based allocations

Shivendra Pratap
2026-04-02T06:15:42Z

On 01-04-2026 20:49, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 04/03/2026 19:03, Shivendra Pratap wrote:
>> Devres APIs are intended for use in drivers, where the managed lifetime
>> of resources is tied directly to the driver attach/detach cycle. In
>> shared subsystem code, there is no guarantee that the subsystem
>> functions will only be called after a driver has been attached, nor that
>> they will not be referenced after the managed resources have been
>> released during driver detach.
>>
>> To ensure correct lifetime handling, avoid using devres-based
>> allocations in the reboot-mode and explicitly handle allocation and
>> cleanup of resources.
>>
>> Fixes: 4fcd504edbf7 ("power: reset: add reboot mode driver")
>
> I don't think this is correct tag.
>
> That commit added code which was a driver, not subsystem level things.
> Using devres, as you pointed out, in platform_driver is correct.

sure. thanks. will remove the Fixes tag.

thanks,
Shivendra