Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:46:41 +0100 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] devres: use MACRO instead of function for devm_ioremap |
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On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 05:23:33PM +0800, Yisheng Xie wrote: > Default ioremap is ioremap_nocache, so devm_ioremap has the same function > with devm_ioremap_nocache, which may just be killed. However, there are > many places which use devm_ioremap_nocache, while many use devm_ioremap. > > This patch is to use MACRO for devm_ioremap, which will reduce the size of > devres.o from 206824 Bytes to 203768 Bytes.
Ok, the idea is good, but why not just get rid of the callers of devm_ioremap_nocache() instead and have them call devm_ioremap() if they really are the same thing? No need to keep a macro around for the duplicate thing, just delete the one and things are much better.
thanks,
greg k-h
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