linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] devres: allow adding custom actions to the stack

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Message-ID: <20130225234801.GD2679@htj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:48:01 -0800
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] devres: allow adding custom actions to the stack

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 08:05:57PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Sometimes drivers need to execute one-off actions in their error handling
> or device teardown paths. An example would be toggling a GPIO line to
> reset the controlled device into predefined state.
> 
> To allow performing such actions when using managed resources let's allow
> adding them to stack/group of devres resources.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Thanks.

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tejun
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