[PATCH v13 03/10] drm/display: Add Type-C switch helpers

[Pin-yen Lin]

Hi Andy,

On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 11:29 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 06:20:14PM +0800, Pin-yen Lin wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 7:49 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > > On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 10:33:43PM +0800, Pin-yen Lin wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > > +     switch_desc->typec_ports = devm_kcalloc(dev, switch_desc->num_typec_switches,
> > > > +                                             sizeof(struct drm_dp_typec_port_data),
> > > > +                                             GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > +     if (!switch_desc->typec_ports)
> > > > +             return -ENOMEM;
> > >
> > > How often this function _can_ be called during the runtime?
> > > If it's _possible_ to call it infinite times, consider *not* using devm.
> >
> > I would expect this function to be only called during driver probing,
> > and this is the case for the current users in this series. So I think
> > this is only called once if EPROBDE_DEFER doesn't count.
>
> No, deferred probe is not counted.
>
> Can you add a word somewhere in the comment(?) to make this clear?

Sure. I'll add some note in the comments about this.
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>
Thanks and regards,
Pin-yen