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Message-Id: <201205121256.14283.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Sat, 12 May 2012 12:56:14 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: Use seq_file's iterator interface

On Thursday 12 April 2012, Thierry Reding wrote:
> When dumping a collection of items via seq_file, it is recommended to
> use the iterator interface. For the gpiolib debugfs interface this can
> be done to dump each GPIO chip in turn.
> 
> Note that for gpiolib this is a little cumbersome because it does not
> provide a list of registered GPIO chips and the only way to iterate is
> over each GPIO individually. Once a chip is found, the number of GPIOs
> it provides can be skipped as a small optimization.
> 
> This patch was requested by Arnd Bergmann here:
> 
>         http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.tegra/3535
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>
> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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