From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CADE4C43216 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2021 20:29:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC13B610FB for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2021 20:29:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231360AbhHBU3U (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2021 16:29:20 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:54418 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229729AbhHBU3S (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2021 16:29:18 -0400 Received: from pandora.armlinux.org.uk (pandora.armlinux.org.uk [IPv6:2001:4d48:ad52:32c8:5054:ff:fe00:142]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 94C0EC06175F; Mon, 2 Aug 2021 13:29:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=armlinux.org.uk; s=pandora-2019; h=Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=l+fsYpXHnA5UWflt6UdASmUhsqYZSqpyJ5dbaN1LNhI=; b=vjQduL25s9hj45Yfu4BTWPBTU kSrAkTSvbBkmMoP+U+eq7jLxh9RY41POf05sbal5DLZUOHV14VyAkDosbwqMP6hNbjJNzszGxQOFb 5wYJIChsZvBSrMFJdmAcTH4YkXzYoyuavecHIGnNfsnYkoQHkamhrzD+2t/mLD6cSA8AE/lejVALP o14n71qmu350xdj1XuaKMWTtEqYO2HM34dB006g4k7212DICITO8uYJP3CFtt6kaRoKcMqpnwP50V UIFDzpfSBBtP1nJ9QQnkdI2ASdn0BAlsWuimFTpAKGqcXPn7safpQjAHW1AXfy3hNuN5xHrP1qriX LkVuUtlRQ==; Received: from shell.armlinux.org.uk ([fd8f:7570:feb6:1:5054:ff:fe00:4ec]:46868) by pandora.armlinux.org.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mAeYW-0006Ce-VV; Mon, 02 Aug 2021 21:29:00 +0100 Received: from linux by shell.armlinux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mAeYR-0003Bf-Ax; Mon, 02 Aug 2021 21:28:55 +0100 Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 21:28:55 +0100 From: "Russell King (Oracle)" To: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= , Alexandre Belloni , Michael Turquette , Thierry Reding , Lee Jones , linux-clk , "open list:REAL TIME CLOCK (RTC) SUBSYSTEM" , Ludovic Desroches , Oleksij Rempel , Alexandru Ardelean , linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann , Mark Brown , Jonathan Cameron , linux-arm Mailing List , Alessandro Zummo , Stephen Boyd , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-spi , Wolfram Sang , Sascha Hauer , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Claudiu Beznea Subject: Re: About clk maintainership [Was: Re: [PULL] Add variants of devm_clk_get for prepared and enabled clocks enabled clocks] Message-ID: <20210802202855.GL22278@shell.armlinux.org.uk> References: <20210723091331.wl33wtcvvnejuhau@pengutronix.de> <06e799be-b7c0-5b93-8586-678a449d2239@microchip.com> <20210728202547.7uvfwflpruku7yps@pengutronix.de> <20210728204033.GF22278@shell.armlinux.org.uk> <162771727997.714452.2303764341103276867@swboyd.mtv.corp.google.com> <20210731120004.i3affxw7upl5y4c5@pengutronix.de> <20210802094810.GJ22278@shell.armlinux.org.uk> <20210802152755.ibisunvibmwhiyry@pengutronix.de> <20210802163824.GK22278@shell.armlinux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: Russell King (Oracle) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 08:13:05PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 7:38 PM Russell King (Oracle) > wrote: > > It probably depends on where you stand on power management and power > > efficiency issues. Personally, I would like to see more effort put > > into drivers to make them more power efficient, and I believe in the > > coming years, power efficiency is going to become a big issue. > > While in the ideal world I 100% agree with the approach, IRL we have > to deal with constantly degrading quality of the code and instead of > thinking about power management and efficiency the absence of APIs > such as discussed provokes not only creating the power management > inefficient code, but also memory leaks here and there. The point of my previous reply that you quoted above was to make a prediction, it wasn't a rejection of the approach. -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTP is here! 40Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!