linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] regulator: add bcm59056 regulator driver

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Date:	Tue, 4 Feb 2014 23:22:11 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Matt Porter <mporter@...aro.org>
Cc:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Tim Kryger <tim.kryger@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Christian Daudt <bcm@...thebug.org>,
	Devicetree List <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux I2C List <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux ARM Kernel List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] regulator: add bcm59056 regulator driver

On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 04:29:14PM -0500, Matt Porter wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 05:28:36PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:

> > > +		/*
> > > +		 * Regulator API handles empty constraints but not NULL
> > > +		 * constraints
> > > +		 */
> > > +		if (!reg_data)
> > > +			continue;

> > It should do...  if not then make it so since that'd mean most drivers
> > are buggy.

> Ahh, I see there is a check for NULL in the core. Will drop.

It was missing in some older kernels (much older now IIRC) - it's
possible that comment was written before this got fixed.

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