Re: [v2][PATCH] Revert "mfd: syscon: Don't free allocated name for regmap_config"

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

On Tue, 09 Mar 2021, Li, Meng wrote:

> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 5:43 PM
> > To: Li, Meng <Meng.Li@windriver.com>
> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> > arnd@arndb.de; Hao, Kexin <Kexin.Hao@windriver.com>
> > Subject: Re: [v2][PATCH] Revert "mfd: syscon: Don't free allocated name for
> > regmap_config"
> > 
> > [Please note: This e-mail is from an EXTERNAL e-mail address]
> > 
> > On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Li, Meng wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > > > Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 5:21 PM
> > > > To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> > > > Cc: Li, Meng <Meng.Li@windriver.com>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> > > > arnd@arndb.de; Hao, Kexin <Kexin.Hao@windriver.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: [v2][PATCH] Revert "mfd: syscon: Don't free allocated
> > > > name for regmap_config"
> > > >
> > > > [Please note: This e-mail is from an EXTERNAL e-mail address]
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Limeng,
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2021-02-22 03:45, Li, Meng wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Marc&Lee,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there any comment on this patch?
> > > > > > Could you please help to review this patch so that I can improve
> > > > > > it if it still has weakness?
> > > > >
> > > > > If you are confident that the root issue has been fixed, no
> > > > > objection from me, but I'm not in a position to test it at the
> > > > > moment (the board I found the problem on is in a bit of a state).
> > > >
> > > > I'm not keen on flip-flopping this patch in and out of the kernel.
> > > > Someone really needs to spend some time to map out the full
> > > > life-cycle and propose a (possibly cross-subsystem) solution.
> > > >
> > > Thanks for all of your comments.
> > 
> > Have you looked into this further at all?
> > 
> 
> No.
> Maintainer expects better solution to solve this issue from frame level, and consider cross-subsystem.

Yes, I do.  Does that mean you're going to drop it?

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