Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Convert regulator drivers to use devm_kmemdup_array()

[Raag Jadav <raag.jadav@intel.com>]

On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 01:04:32PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 12:14:59PM +0200, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 11:19:31AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 04:15:55AM +0200, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 09:22:47PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:50:55 +0530, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > > > > > This series converts regulator drivers to use the newly introduced[1]
> > > > > > devm_kmemdup_array() helper. This depends on changes available on
> > > > > > immutable tag[2].
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250212062513.2254767-1-raag.jadav@intel.com
> > > > > > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/Z7xGpz3Q4Zj6YHx7@black.fi.intel.com
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > [...]
> > > > > 
> > > > > Applied to
> > > > > 
> > > > >    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/regulator.git for-next
> > > > 
> > > > Thank you.
> > > > 
> > > > Unless there's a nuance intended in the merge series title that I'm unable
> > > > to understand, it probably seems incomplete.
> > > 
> > > I believe it's an issue somewhere in the scripts. The long Subject line is
> > > split in the mailbox and that's probably is not supported by the machinery.
> > > 
> > > You are not the only one who reports this issue.
> > 
> > While I'm not well educated on the machinery, I'm also seeing devm_kmemdup_array()
> > introduction commit reordered in -next and thinking perhaps it can cause issues
> > with bisect, especially after final merge into Linus' tree?
> 
> I;m not sure what you exactly pointing out here. Mark seems applied only
> necessary part of the immutable tag, which have the same effect. The Git merges
> only once the stuff as long as it has the same hash.

$ git describe
next-20250306

$ git log --oneline --grep raag

...

1f4c7f3b3afa Merge patch series "Split devres APIs to device/devres.h and introduce devm_kmemdup_array()"
a103b833ac38 devres: Introduce devm_kmemdup_array()
b8c38ccb2ca5 input: ipaq-micro-keys: use devm_kmemdup_array()
cdcc09a495a4 input: sparse-keymap: use devm_kmemdup_array()
a0d78eec8839 iio: adc: xilinx-xadc-core: use devm_kmemdup_array()
86068aca7548 pinctrl: pxa2xx: use devm_kmemdup_array()
91bfcc7a2fdb pinctrl: tangier: use devm_kmemdup_array()
d795fb90d6c6 pinctrl: cherryview: use devm_kmemdup_array()
f192c8447f4e pinctrl: baytrail: copy communities using devm_kmemdup_array()
753764aa8eb5 pinctrl: intel: copy communities using devm_kmemdup_array()
a21cad931276 driver core: Split devres APIs to device/devres.h
18311a766c58 err.h: move IOMEM_ERR_PTR() to err.h


I'm expecting commit a103b833ac38 to be before its users, or perhaps I'm
doing something wrong here?

Raag