linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCHv2 07/19] mfd: ab8500: Use power_supply

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Message-ID: <20150120160602.GB32144@amd>
Date:	Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:06:03 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCHv2 07/19] mfd: ab8500: Use power_supply_*() API for
 accessing function attrs

On Tue 2015-01-20 15:51:49, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2015, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> 
> > On wto, 2015-01-20 at 13:36 +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > On Mon, 05 Jan 2015, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Replace direct calls to power supply function attributes with wrappers.
> > > > Wrappers provide safe access in case of unregistering the power
> > > > supply (e.g. by removing the driver). Replace:
> > > >  - get_property -> power_supply_get_property
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
> > > > Acked-by: Jonghwa Lee <jonghwa3.lee@...usng.com>
> > > > Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
> > > > Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> > > 
> > > You've sent this to me already Acked.  I don't see 00/00, so I have no
> > > idea what's going on.  Do you want me to take this patch?  Can it be
> > > taking on its own?
> > 
> > git send-email automatically CC-you because you acked this. The depends
> > on previous patches adding this API so please do not pick it up. 
> 
> You should always send MFD related patches to me (either
> automatically, or manually).
> 
> > Everything (with respective acks) should go through one power supply
> > tree.
> 
> That's not how it works.  We need to decide that amongst ourselves
> and it needs to culminate in pull-requests being sent out to all of
> the effected Maintainers.

So go ahead and decide. If the patches are ok, I see no problem in it
going through power supply tree, and neither should you. I feel you
are making it more complex than it is.
									Pavel
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