From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751341AbdAWOjR (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:39:17 -0500 Received: from mga04.intel.com ([192.55.52.120]:59092 "EHLO mga04.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751032AbdAWOjQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:39:16 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.33,274,1477983600"; d="scan'208";a="1116613716" Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:39:07 +0200 From: Mika Westerberg To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andy Shevchenko , Hans de Goede Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] device property: export code duplicating array of property entries Message-ID: <20170123143907.GU17297@lahna.fi.intel.com> References: <20170123073849.28352-1-dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170123073849.28352-1-dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 11:38:48PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > When augmenting ACPI-enumerated devices with additional property data based > on DMI info, a module has often several potential property sets, with only > one being active on a given box. In order to save memory it should be > possible to mark everything and __initdata or __initconst, execute DMI > match early, and duplicate relevant properties. Then kernel will discard > the rest of them. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov I think this is good idea, so please feel free to add my, Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg