linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] i2c: acpi: Export i2c_acpi_find_client_by

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Message-ID: <YLC3HzCUhEYmfckj@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 May 2021 11:25:51 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] i2c: acpi: Export i2c_acpi_find_client_by_adev()
 for users

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 10:26:33PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 03:43:17PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > There is at least one user that will gain from the
> > i2c_acpi_find_client_by_adev() being exported.
> 
> No objections per se. But as the user is in staging, I want to ask if
> the use there is really a solution we would also accept outside of
> staging? Or is it a hack?

staging drivers should be self-contained, do not accept code in the core
kernel that only is used by staging drivers.

So I would not recommend this be accepted at this point in time.

Andy, work to get the driver out of staging first before doing stuff
like this.

thanks,

greg k-h