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

[Philipp Stanner <pstanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2024-10-10 at 11:03 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 10:03:30AM +0200, Philipp Stanner wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> The removal will happen in 6.13, I'm going to be queueing it up right
> now.

Alright, thx. Then I drop patch #10.

P.

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
>