Re: [PATCH v4 07/10] clk: starfive: Add StarFive JH7110 Video-Output clock driver

[Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>]

Quoting Xingyu Wu (2023-04-13 06:31:12)
> On 2023/4/13 12:04, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-jh7110-sys.c b/drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-jh7110-sys.c
> > index 5ec210644e1d..851b93d0f371 100644
> > --- a/drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-jh7110-sys.c
> > +++ b/drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-jh7110-sys.c
> > @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
> >  #include <linux/init.h>
> >  #include <linux/io.h>
> >  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> > +#include <linux/slab.h>
> > +
> > +#include <soc/starfive/reset-starfive-jh71x0.h>
> >  
> >  #include <dt-bindings/clock/starfive,jh7110-crg.h>
> >  
> > @@ -335,26 +338,32 @@ static void jh7110_reset_unregister_adev(void *_adev)
> >       struct auxiliary_device *adev = _adev;
> >  
> >       auxiliary_device_delete(adev);
> > +     auxiliary_device_uninit(adev);
> >  }
> >  
> >  static void jh7110_reset_adev_release(struct device *dev)
> >  {
> >       struct auxiliary_device *adev = to_auxiliary_dev(dev);
> > +     struct jh71x0_reset_adev *rdev = to_jh71x0_reset_adev(adev);
> >  
> > -     auxiliary_device_uninit(adev);
> > +     kfree(rdev);
> >  }
> >  
> >  int jh7110_reset_controller_register(struct jh71x0_clk_priv *priv,
> >                                    const char *adev_name,
> >                                    u32 adev_id)
> >  {
> > +     struct jh71x0_reset_adev *rdev;
> >       struct auxiliary_device *adev;
> >       int ret;
> >  
> > -     adev = devm_kzalloc(priv->dev, sizeof(*adev), GFP_KERNEL);
> > -     if (!adev)
> > +     rdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*rdev), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> Can there use 'devm_kzalloc'? Are you not using this because the struct is public and clock driver
> and reset driver both use it. But I think the both clock driver and reset driver are the same
> device and can use 'devm_kzalloc'.

No. The release function for the auxiliary_device is supposed to free
the memory. It shouldn't be tied to the lifetime of anything like the
lifetime of the clk driver being bound.