linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFT v2 09/17] regulator: fixed: Add over current event

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Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2016 18:53:20 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     ahaslam@...libre.com
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, johan@...nel.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        nsekhar@...com, stern@...land.harvard.edu, khilman@...libre.com,
        sshtylyov@...mvista.com, david@...hnology.com,
        manjunath.goudar@...aro.org, abailon@...libre.com,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFT v2 09/17] regulator: fixed: Add over current event

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 06:46:26PM +0200, ahaslam@...libre.com wrote:

> +		if (ret) {
> +			pr_err("Failed to request irq: %d\n", ret);

dev_err()

> +++ b/include/linux/regulator/consumer.h
> @@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
>   *             the most noisy and may not be able to handle fast load
>   *             switching.
>   *
> + * OVERCURRENT Regulator has detected an overcurrent condition, and
> + *             may be limiting the supply output.
> + *
> + *
>   * NOTE: Most regulators will only support a subset of these modes. Some
>   * will only just support NORMAL.
>   *
> @@ -84,6 +88,7 @@
>  #define REGULATOR_MODE_NORMAL			0x2
>  #define REGULATOR_MODE_IDLE			0x4
>  #define REGULATOR_MODE_STANDBY			0x8
> +#define REGULATOR_MODE_OVERCURRENT		0x10

This is adding a new core feature with a new mode and should have been
split out of the driver specific change with a spearate changelog.  Why
does it make sense to report this as a mode, we don't report other error
conditions as modes but instead use REGULATOR_STATUS_ with the
get_status() operation?

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