Re: [PATCH] drivers: Provide devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname()

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 04:10:04PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 04:38:40PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > +Cc: Jack Ping, who did internally the same
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 03:26:25PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> > > Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:15:14 +0200
> > > 
> > > The functions “platform_get_resource_byname” and “devm_ioremap_resource”
> > > are called together in 181 source files.
> > > This implementation detail can be determined also with the help
> > > of the semantic patch language (Coccinelle software).
> > > 
> > > Wrap these two calls into another helper function.
> > > Thus a local variable does not need to be declared for a resource
> > > structure pointer before and a redundant argument can be omitted
> > > for the resource type.
> > 
> > This one makes sense.
> > Though I'm not sure Greg will see your message.
> 
> Nope, didn't see it, don't want to see it, it will only cause more work
> in the longrun...
> 
> > Rafael, maybe you can apply this one?
> 
> Um, don't go around maintainers please, that's rude.  

I won't do it, how should we proceed if de facto this functionality is good to
have besides the fact of coming new user in the future?

> There is a reason
> this specific developer is in my blacklist, and perhaps they should be
> in yours as well :)

Perhaps.

> I don't like adding new apis with no user.

Perhaps Jack Ping will send it as a first patch of his series where he utilizes
this functionality. Would it be acceptable?

That's why I Cc'ed him as well.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko