linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpiolib: use kref in gpio

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Date:   Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:16:22 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Khouloud Touil <ktouil@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpiolib: use kref in gpio_desc

On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 9:44 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:

> Hi Linus,
>
> what is your decision on this? Because if we don't merge this, then we
> need to make sure nvmem doesn't call gpiod_put() for descriptors it
> didn't obtain itself and we should probably fix it this week.

I'm simply just overloaded right now, things related to how the world
looks etc. Also Torvalds writes in Documentation/process/management-style.rst
that if someone ask you to make a decision, you are screwed :/

Your decision is as good as mine, I'm not smarter in any
way so if it is urgent send me a pull request for the solution that seems best
to you, I trust you on this.

Yours,
Linus Walleij