Re: [PATCH 2/2] driver core: platform: provide devm_platform_iounremap_resource

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 11:23:18PM +0800, pierre kuo wrote:
> hi Greg:
> > Why are you adding new functions but not actually calling them anywhere?
> 
> Below patch introduce a single helper, devm_platform_ioremap_resource,
> which combines
> platform_get_resource() and devm_ioremap_resource(). But there is no
> single helper to release
> those resources in driver removing stage.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190215152507.31066-2-brgl@bgdev.pl/
> 
> That means driver owner still need to call below (*) and (**) for
> releasing resource.
> Therefore, this patch adds a single release helper that can be paired with
> devm_platform_ioremap_resource.
> 
> Appreciate ur kind help,
> 
> foo_probe(pdev)
> {
>     iomem = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
>     ....
> }
> 
> 
> foo_remove(pdev)
> {
>     devm_iounmap(iomem);   (*)
>     devm_release_mem_region(dev, res->start, size); (**)
>    ........................
> }

I don't understand this at all, sorry.  Please submit your patch series,
with some drivers converted to use the new functions.  Otherwise we can
not properly review it.

thanks,

greg k-h