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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:14:33 +0200 From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Jack Ping CHNG <jack.ping.chng@...ux.intel.com>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com> Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>, Enrico Weigelt <lkml@...ux.net>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> Subject: Re: drivers: Provide devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname() >> I don't like adding new apis with no user. > > Perhaps Jack Ping will send it as a first patch of his series where he utilizes > this functionality. Would it be acceptable? The proposed function can get wider application in a reasonable time frame if a corresponding script for the semantic patch language (Coccinelle software) would perform an automatic source code conversion (for example) according to your change acceptance. How do you think about to support a bit more collateral software evolution? Regards, Markus
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