linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: Add devm_regulator

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Message-ID: <20120117104153.GA2944@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:41:53 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: Add devm_regulator_get()

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 07:39:58PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Add a resource managed regulator_get() to simplify regulator
> usage in drivers. This allows driver authors to "get and forget"
> about their regulators by automatically calling regulator_put()
> when the driver is detached.

So, I've gone ahead and applied this as it's obviously useful as-is but
it's obviously something that should have a bulk version - I'll probably
add that myself.  We really ought to have release functions too in case
something wants to release the resource earlier, though I can't think
where you'd actually use those.
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