linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] gpio: acpi: Add managed variant of acpi_dev_add_driver

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Date:   Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:27:06 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] gpio: acpi: Add managed variant of
 acpi_dev_add_driver_gpios()

On Tue, 2017-03-14 at 10:58 +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > Introduce device managed variant of acpi_dev_add_driver_gpios() and
> > its
> > counterpart acpi_dev_remove_driver_gpios().
> > 
> > The functions in most cases are used in driver's ->probe() and
> > ->remove() callbacks, that's why it's useful to have managed variant
> > of
> > them.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> > ---
> > 
> > This is supposed to go through GPIO tree.
> > 
> > Linus, can you create an immutable branch that other subsystems can
> > use
> > it if needed?
> 
> I have created ib-acpi-devm in the GPIO tree based on v4.11-rc1,
> applied
> this patch and merged that into my devel branch.
> 
> Anyone who needs it can grab that branch, I will push it out later.

Thanks!

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy