linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvmem: core: Allow ignoring length when reading a cell

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Message-ID: <20161219214705.GA5423@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:47:05 -0800
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:     Vivek Gautam <vivek.gautam@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org, maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmem: core: Allow ignoring length when reading a cell

On 12/19, Vivek Gautam wrote:
> nvmem_cell_read() API fills in the argument 'len' with
> the number of bytes read from the cell. Many users don't
> care about this length value. So allow users to pass a
> NULL pointer to this len field.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivek Gautam <vivek.gautam@...eaurora.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>

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