linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] gpio: ep93xx: drop to

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Date:   Mon, 4 Jan 2021 15:17:46 +0100
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Nikita Shubin <nikita.shubin@...uefel.me>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] gpio: ep93xx: drop to_irq binding

On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 10:21 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 12:22 PM Nikita Shubin
> <nikita.shubin@...uefel.me> wrote:
>
> > As ->to_irq is redefined in gpiochip_add_irqchip, having it defined in
> > driver is useless, so let's drop it.
> >
> > Also i think it is worth to give a gentle warning in
> > gpiochip_add_irqchip, to prevent people relying on to_irq.
> >
> > For example
> >
> > WARN_ON_ONCE(gc->to_irq,
> > "to_irq is redefined in gpiochip_add_irqchip" \
> > "and you shouldn't rely on it\n");
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nikita Shubin <nikita.shubin@...uefel.me>
>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
>
> Take out the suggestion in the commit message and implement it,
> but I think WARN_ON is too nasty, just use dev_err().
>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

This depends on patch 1/3 so I'll wait until you resend with issues addressed.

Bartosz