Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Nov 2012 21:33:11 -0800 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] input: spear-keyboard: Use devm_*() routines |
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On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 08:06:29AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote: > On 8 November 2012 22:08, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 07:10:47PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote: > > It also breaks the error unwinding/removal of the driver as it frees > > input device while IRQ handler is still active. > > I have heard of this argument before, probably from you. :) > Just need clarification again. How will we get an interrupt when the controller > is stopped, unless we have a shared irq.
My bad, I missed that spear-keyboard driver implements open() and close() methods and shuts off the device properly. Still, thanks for switching everything to devm_*, I think it is much cleaner this way as opposed to mixing managed and unmanaged resources.
Thanks.
-- Dmitry
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