linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V1 1/5] spmi: pmic-arb: remove the read/write access checks

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Message-ID: <20170706064801.GA22780@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2017 23:48:01 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:     Kiran Gunda <kgunda@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Abhijeet Dharmapurikar <adharmap@...eaurora.org>,
        Nicholas Troast <ntroast@...eaurora.org>,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 1/5] spmi: pmic-arb: remove the read/write access
 checks

On 07/03, Kiran Gunda wrote:
> The access mode checks for peripheral ownership for read/write
> permissions should not be required. Every peripheral enabled for
> this master is expected to have a read/write permissions. If there
> is any such invalid access due to wrong configuration in boot loader
> or device tree files, then it should be fixed in those locations.
> Hence, remove the access mode checks from the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kiran Gunda <kgunda@...eaurora.org>
> ---

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

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