[PATCH 02/33] ARM: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource()

Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Jan 22 12:37:07 EST 2013


On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 04:16:11PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 05:05:47PM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 03:58:46PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:08:55AM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > > > Convert all uses of devm_request_and_ioremap() to the newly introduced
> > > > devm_ioremap_resource() which provides more consistent error handling.
> > > 
> > > Does this include the resource part of the handling too?
> > 
> > I'm not sure I understand your question. devm_ioremap_resource() does a
> > devm_request_mem_region() internally if that's what you were asking.
> 
> Ah, that's fine then.  The function name is a little misleading, and as
> it doesn't exist in mainline at present, it is not something I know about.

Can I assume this is an Acked-by: from you for this patch so that I can
take this through my driver-core tree?

thanks,

greg k-h



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