Hi Jean-Jacques,

On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 at 08:41, Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhib...@ti.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 30/10/2019 02:48, Simon Glass wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 10:15, Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhib...@ti.com> wrote:
> >> Add managed functions to get a reset_ctl from the device-tree, based on a
> >> name or an index.
> >> Also add a managed functions to get a reset_ctl_bulk (array of reset_ctl)
> >> from the device-tree.
> >>
> >> When the device is unbound, the reset controllers are automatically
> >> released and the data structure is freed.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhib...@ti.com>
> >> ---
> >>
> >>   drivers/reset/reset-uclass.c | 116 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>   include/reset.h              | 135 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>   2 files changed, 247 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org>
> >
> > I really don't like these ERR_PTR returns. I suppose they make the
> > code easier to port, and we can be sure that pointers will not be in
> > the last 4KB of address space?
>
> It seems rather unlikely because the returned pointer points to actual
> RAM allocated from the heap. On most platforms I've worked with, the top
> of the address space is not dedicated to memory.

Yes that's my comfort.

> If ever the need to fix
> this  arises it could done by tweaking the macros to use another unused
> address space.

Not easily without doing something platform-specific, as someone else
is currently pushing.

Regards,
Simon
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