linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: implement devm_pinctrl

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Date:	Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:40:20 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: implement devm_pinctrl_get()/put()

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org> wrote:

> From: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
>
> These functions allow the driver core to automatically clean up any
> allocations made by drivers, thus leading to simplified drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
> ---
> Note: this hasn't been tested beyond a compile-test.

I like the idea. Can you put some blurb in the documentation
as well, so implementers get it right from day 1?

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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