Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] irq/domain: add a new callback to domain ops

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

czw., 12 mar 2020 o 09:15 Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
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> niedz., 8 mar 2020 o 18:59 Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
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> > niedz., 8 mar 2020 o 14:51 Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
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> > > On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:12:37 +0100
> > > Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Add the remove() callback to irq_domain_ops which can be used to
> > > > automatically dispose of any host data associated with the domain when
> > > > irq_domain_remove() is called.
> > >
> > > I have a hard time buying this. Whatever data that is associated to the
> > > domain is already owned known by whoever created the domain the first
> > > place.
> > >
> > > Since the expected use case is that whoever created the domain also
> > > destroys it, the caller is already in a position to do its own cleanup,
> > > and we don't need any of this.
> > >
> > > So please explain what you are trying to achieve here.
> > >
> >
> > I'm mainly trying to remove irq_domain_remove_sim() and make it
> > possible to destroy the interrupt simulator domain with regular
> > irq_domain_remove(). If you prefer that we retain this routine as is,
> > I can limit this series to the first two patches, but I assumed the
> > fewer functions in the interface, the better. If you have a different
> > idea on how to do this - please let me know too.
> >
> > Bartosz
>
> While this is being discussed - are the first two patches
> uncontroversial enough to make it into v5.7?
>
> Bartosz

Gentle ping after another week.

Bart