[PATCH 06/17] pinctrl: uniphier: allocate struct pinctrl_desc in probe function
Linus Walleij
linus.walleij at linaro.org
Tue May 31 03:41:22 PDT 2016
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro at socionext.com> wrote:
> Currently, every SoC driver defines struct pinctrl_desc statically,
> i.e. it consumes memory footprint even if it is not probed.
>
> In multi-platform, many pinctrl drivers are linked (generally as
> built-in objects), although only one of them is actually used.
> So, it is reasonable to allocate memory dynamically where possible.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com>
Patch applied.
Yours,
Linus Walleij
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