Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] PCI: Introduce pcim_alloc_irq_vectors()

Andy Shevchenko
2021-02-19T14:51:50Z

On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 03:40:05PM +0100, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 18.02.21 23:04:55, Dejin Zheng wrote:
> > Introduce pcim_alloc_irq_vectors(), a device-managed version of
> > pci_alloc_irq_vectors(). Introducing this function can simplify
> > the error handling path in many drivers.
> >
> > And use pci_free_irq_vectors() to replace some code in pcim_release(),
> > they are equivalent, and no functional change. It is more explicit
> > that pcim_alloc_irq_vectors() is a device-managed function.

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> If it is just about having a pcim-* counterpart why not just an inline
> function like the one below.

It's a good suggestion, thanks!

Still we need to amend pcim_release() to explicitly show that we call
pci_free_irq_vectors().

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko