On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Michał Kępień <kernel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > This patch series removes all uses of sparse_keymap_free() in the x86 > platform driver subsystem due to an upcoming change in > sparse_keymap_setup() behavior wrt memory management. Specifically, > sparse_keymap_setup() will use managed memory for the keymap copy it > creates, which enables it to be automatically freed upon input device > removal, without the need to explicitly call sparse_keymap_free(). > > I thought it makes sense to post all these patches as a single series. > To minimize spamming, only this cover letter is addressed to all the > maintainers whose drivers are affected by this series, while each of the > subsequent patches will only be sent to the relevant recipients, plus > the platform-driver-x86 mailing list and subsystem maintainers. > > Darren, Andy, all these patches should only be applied after merging an > immutable branch called ib/4.10-sparse-keymap-managed from Dmitry > Torokhov's git tree. Pushed to testing. If anyone has objections, please tell me as soon as possible (though we have still time to remove / revert changes which I hope not the case here). > drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c | 5 +---- > drivers/platform/x86/asus-laptop.c | 8 ++------ > drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c | 8 ++------ > drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-aio.c | 6 +----- > drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c | 16 ++++------------ > drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c | 8 ++------ > drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c | 5 +---- > drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c | 5 +---- > drivers/platform/x86/msi-laptop.c | 14 +++----------- > drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c | 9 ++------- > drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c | 18 +++--------------- > drivers/platform/x86/topstar-laptop.c | 5 +---- > drivers/platform/x86/toshiba-wmi.c | 5 +---- > drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c | 8 ++------ > 14 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.12.0 > -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
