linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/3] hwmon: convert remaining drivers to i2c_new_dummy

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Date:   Tue, 3 Sep 2019 20:37:15 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/3] hwmon: convert remaining drivers to
 i2c_new_dummy_device()

On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 11:33:40AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 08:12:53PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > This series is part of a tree-wide movement to replace the I2C API call
> > 'i2c_new_dummy' which returns NULL with its new counterpart returning an
> > ERRPTR.
> > 
> > This series fixes the remaining hwmon drivers which could not be
> > converted by my cocci script. So, I did it manually, yet all drivers
> > still follow the same pattern. Build tested by me and by buildbot. No
> > tests on HW have been performed, so testing is appreciated.
> > 
> I still have the previous version (with RFT) in my queue.
> Question is what to do with it; I have not seen any test feedback.
> I tend to just apply the series and wait for fallout.
> Any objections ?

For the sake of the API conversion, I would appreciate this much. Of
course, I'll be there if there is fallout. Thanks!


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