[rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Convert to use devm_*() for amba attached modules

[Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com>]

On 26/03/2017 at 22:41:49 +0800, Leo Yan wrote:
> When review device driver modules which attach to amba bus, found
> several modules are not using devm_*() apis to manage resource. As
> result, some drivers have memory leakage or missing iomem unmapping
> when rmmod module. And the code has many "goto" tags to handle
> different failures.
> 
> So this patch series is to convert to use devm_*() for moudules which
> are attached to amba bus to manage resource and get more robust and
> neat code.
> 
> Patch 0003 "drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c: Convert to use devm_*()" has been
> verified on 96boards Hikey. Other patches can pass building but have
> not really tested on hardware.
> 

If your plan is to actually remove usage of
amba_request_regions() and amba_release_regions(), you should do so in
its own patch sets instead of hiding that in a useless cleanup series.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com

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