From: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>,
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>,
Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>,
Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>,
linux-iio <linux-iio@vger.kernel.org>,
arm-soc <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] device: provide devm_krealloc_array()
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201128160000.5ac0ddc6@archlinux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMRc=Mfa2Y65CW8YO_poRgrN9aPjLz=MXYrn7OPUEfwB3mnZvA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 12:38:26 +0100
Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 11:18 AM Bartosz Golaszewski
> <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 5:16 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 03:46:41PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 15:22:25 +0100
> > > > Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > When allocating an array of elements, users should check for
> > > > > multiplication overflow or preferably use one of the provided helpers
> > > > > like: devm_kmalloc_array().
> > > > >
> > > > > This provides devm_krealloc_array() for users who want to reallocate
> > > > > managed arrays.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
> > > >
> > > > +CC Greg KH.
> > > >
> > > > As this is going into a very generic place I'd like a relevant ack.
> > > > That file is a bit of a wild west for acks, but Greg seems most
> > > > appropriate person.
> > > >
> > > > So Greg, any comments on this one?
> > >
> > > As there is only 1 user of this function in the patch series, you don't
> > > save any extra code space here, I don't think this is worth it.
> > >
> >
> > It's worth it in that the overflow check before allocation doesn't
> > seem to belong in a driver IMO but is a general check that should live
> > in common code.
> >
> > > We are seeing less and less gains from these new devm_* additions, and
> > > only more confusion and problems with them. So perhaps don't add this?
> > > I don't think it is needed.
> > >
> >
> > I think you're referring to the discussion on
> > devm_platform_ioremap_resource()? I would argue that consolidation of
> > common operations in helpers is rarely a bad thing but it's a
> > discussion for another thread.
> >
> > I'm not too attached to this patch - if you think this should be
> > dropped then fine, but I don't see how the name devm_krealloc_array()
> > can confuse anyone.
> >
>
> Greg: what's the final call on this?
Reroll the series without this patch. If it turns out to be a good idea
in the long run we can always bring it back, but for now it's blocking
the rest of the series.
Thanks,
Jonathan
>
> Bartosz
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-28 22:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-02 14:22 [PATCH v2 0/4] iio: adc: xilinx: use even more devres Bartosz Golaszewski
2020-11-02 14:22 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] device: provide devm_krealloc_array() Bartosz Golaszewski
2020-11-14 15:46 ` Jonathan Cameron
2020-11-14 16:17 ` Greg KH
2020-11-16 10:18 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2020-11-23 11:38 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2020-11-28 16:00 ` Jonathan Cameron [this message]
2020-11-02 14:22 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] iio: adc: xilinx: use helper variable for &pdev->dev Bartosz Golaszewski
2020-11-02 14:22 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] iio: adc: xilinx: use devm_krealloc_array() instead of kfree() + kcalloc() Bartosz Golaszewski
2020-11-02 14:22 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] iio: adc: xilinx: use more devres helpers and remove remove() Bartosz Golaszewski
2020-11-08 17:08 ` Jonathan Cameron
2020-11-09 10:52 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2020-11-08 17:08 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] iio: adc: xilinx: use even more devres Jonathan Cameron
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