Re: [PATCH v7 3/5] gpio: gpiolib: Allow free() callback to be overridden

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Jul 04 2022 - 12:16:34 EST


On Sun, Jul 3, 2022 at 9:43 PM Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Allow free() callback to be overridden from irq_domain_ops for
> hierarchical chips.
>
> This allows drivers to free up resources which are allocated during
> child_to_parent_hwirq()/populate_parent_alloc_arg() callbacks.
>
> On Renesas RZ/G2L platform a bitmap is maintained for TINT slots, a slot
> is allocated in child_to_parent_hwirq() callback which is freed up in free
> callback hence this override.

Hmm... To me this sounds asymmetrical. We alloc something in another
callback, which is not what this free is for. Perhaps it should be an
optional

free_populated_parent_arg() or alike?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko