[PATCH 1/3] platform: add common resource requesting and mapping helper

[Grant Likely]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Barry Song <Barry.Song at csr.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Barry Song <Baohua.Song at csr.com>
>>
>> this patch helps to move the common pattern from
>
> Good idea!
>
>> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ extern struct device platform_bus;
>>
>>  extern void arch_setup_pdev_archdata(struct platform_device *);
>>  extern struct resource *platform_get_resource(struct platform_device *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
>> +extern void __iomem *platform_devm_request_and_ioremap(struct platform_device *, unsigned int);
>
> But don't you want a reverse call for the module remove() function?
>
> Like:
>
> extern void __iomem *platform_devm_iounmap_and_free(struct
> platform_device *, unsigned int);

I wouldn't because it is exactly the same as the normal unwind call.
I don't think the name redirection buys us anything here.

g.