On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 07:38:20PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote: > I'm wondering if instead of using the non-devm variants of > gpiod_get_*() routines, we shouldn't provide helpers in the regulator > framework that would be named accordingly, for example: > regulator_gpiod_get_optional() etc. even if all they do is call the > relevant gpiolib function. Those helpers could then be documented as > passing the control over GPIO lines over to the regulator subsystem.
> The reason for that is that most driver developers will automatically > use devm functions whenever available and having a single non-devm > function without any comment used in a driver normally using devres > looks like a bug. Expect people sending "fixes" in a couple months. I predict that people would then immediately start demanding devm_ variants of that function...
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