linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] powercap/drivers/dtpm: Create a registering system

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Message-ID: <fb8d7551-b8b8-22fc-63ad-768adb14b3e1@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu, 1 Apr 2021 09:01:09 +0200
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        lukasz.luba@....com, rafael@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] powercap/drivers/dtpm: Create a registering system

On 01/04/2021 08:02, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 10:46:48PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>>
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> On 31/03/2021 20:06, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 01:00:45PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>>>> +struct dtpm *dtpm_lookup(const char *name);
>>>> +
>>>> +int dtpm_add(const char *name, struct dtpm *dtpm);
>>>> +
>>>> +void dtpm_del(const char *name);
>>>
>>> You can not add new kernel apis that have no user.  How do you know if
>>> they actually work or not?  We have no idea as we do not see anyone
>>> using them :(
>>>
>>> So no need to add things with no user, feel free to just drop this patch
>>> until you have one.
>>
>> I've sent a couple of patches [1] on top of the previous series. I'm
>> finishing to respin it against this new one.
>>
>>   -- Daniel
>>
>> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/3/12/1514
> 
> Please use lore.kernel.org, we do not control lkml and it has been down
> in the past and it's impossible to reply from.
> 
> Please always provide a user of a function in the patch series,
> otherwise you will end up with comments like mine above.

Ok, will do.

Thanks

  -- Daniel


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