linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] gpiolib: Introduce gpiod_request

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdZad8huHXpNrJ4eeMpxnEkPBpQy1paOM8OmG5TQ0q3Tww@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 May 2021 02:27:00 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] gpiolib: Introduce gpiod_request_user() helper

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 5:50 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> The gpiod_request_user() is a special helper to avoid propagating stuff
> to user space that should not be propagated, e.g. internal error codes.
>
> For now, hide EPROBE_DEFER with ENODEV.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

This looks like a good solution.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij