linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/4] regulator: devres: remove unused device-managed unregister APIs

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Date:   Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:23:20 +0300
From:   Alexandru Ardelean <aardelean@...iqon.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     lgirdwood@...il.com, broonie@...nel.org,
        Alexandru Ardelean <aardelean@...iqon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] regulator: devres: remove unused device-managed unregister APIs

These APIs aren't used anywhere and most-likely exist because of the
general principle of C APIs, where if an API function does an
allocation/registration, it must also have an equivalent
deallocation/deregistration counterpart.

For devm_ functions this isn't all that true (for all cases), as the idea
of these function is to provide an auto-cleanup logic on drivers/system
de-init.

Removing these discourages any weird logic that could be created with
such an API functions.

Alexandru Ardelean (4):
  regulator: devres: remove devm_regulator_unregister_notifier()
    function
  regulator: devres: remove devm_regulator_unregister() function
  regulator: devres: remove
    devm_regulator_bulk_unregister_supply_alias()
  regulator: devres: unexport devm_regulator_unregister_supply_alias()

 drivers/regulator/devres.c         | 105 +----------------------------
 include/linux/regulator/consumer.h |  23 -------
 include/linux/regulator/driver.h   |   1 -
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-)

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