Re: [PATCH 01/11] mm/ioremap: change the return value of io[re|un]map_allowed

[Baoquan He]

On 08/06/22 at 10:29am, Kefeng Wang wrote:
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> > > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/io.h b/include/asm-generic/io.h
> > > index 72974cb81343..d72eb310fb3c 100644
> > > --- a/include/asm-generic/io.h
> > > +++ b/include/asm-generic/io.h
> > > @@ -967,26 +967,27 @@ static inline void iounmap(volatile void __iomem *addr)
> > >   /*
> > >    * Arch code can implement the following two hooks when using GENERIC_IOREMAP
> > >    * ioremap_allowed() return a bool,
> > > - *   - true means continue to remap
> > > - *   - false means skip remap and return directly
> > > + *   - IS_ERR means return an error
> > > + *   - NULL means continue to remap
> > > + *   - a non-NULL, non-IS_ERR pointer is returned directly
> > If ioremap_allowed() returns a valid pointer, then the function name
> > is not as precise anymore.
> 
> Maybe use arch_ioremap/unmap as before, or some better name.

Looks good to me. Or ioremap_check() which is a generic name, and
usually xxx_check() can hanlde many things.