Re: [RFC PATCH 10/13] staging: rts5280: Use always-managed version of pci_intx()

[Philipp Stanner <pstanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2024-10-09 at 21:41 +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> On 10/9/24 11:38, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 10:35:16AM +0200, Philipp Stanner wrote:
> > > pci_intx() is a hybrid function which can sometimes be managed
> > > through
> > > devres. To remove this hybrid nature from pci_intx(), it is
> > > necessary to
> > > port users to either an always-managed or a never-managed
> > > version.
> > > 
> > > rts5208 enables its PCI-Device with pcim_enable_device(). Thus,
> > > it needs the
> > > always-managed version.
> > > 
> > > Replace pci_intx() with pcim_intx().
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Philipp Stanner <pstanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx.c | 2 +-
> > >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> 
> Hi Philipp,
> 
> this driver (rts5208) will be removed soon - patch is send in.
> 
> Discussion about removal:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/2024100943-shank-washed-a765@gregkh/T/#t


Alright, thx for the heads up.

I'm not entirely how best to deal with that, though. I could drop this
patch, but then the driver would end up with an unmanaged pci_intx().

Might this be a problem for users if my series lands sooner than the
removal, say in v6.13 and your removal in v6.14?

P.

> 
> Thanks for your support.
> 
> Bye Philipp
>