linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: iron out include ladder mistakes

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Date:	Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:40:32 -0700
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Shiraz Hashim <shiraz.hashim@...com>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>,
	Anmar Oueja <anmar.oueja@...aro.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: iron out include ladder mistakes

On 11/06/2012 09:21 AM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> 
> The <*/gpio.h> includes are updated again: now we need to account
> for the problem introduced by commit:
> 595679a8038584df7b9398bf34f61db3c038bfea
> "gpiolib: fix up function prototypes etc"
> 
> Actually we need static inlines in include/asm-generic/gpio.h
> as well since we may have GPIOLIB but not PINCTRL.
> 
> And we need to keep the static inlines in <linux/gpio.h>
> but here for the !CONFIG_GENERIC_GPIO case, and then we
> may as well throw in a few warnings like the other
> prototypes there, if someone would have the bad taste
> of compiling without GENERIC_GPIO even.

Hmm. Is there way to avoid the duplication of the dummy implementations?
Having a prototype and a truly dummy implementation in one place, but a
WARNing/failing dummy implementation elsewhere, seems like it'll cause
issues.

Does this patch mean the previous series causes "git bisect" failures?
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