linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] media: i2c: dw9714: add optional regulator support

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Date:   Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:05:09 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger@...i.sm>
Cc:     mchehab@...nel.org, sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com, kernel@...i.sm,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, Angus Ainslie <angus@...ea.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] media: i2c: dw9714: add optional regulator support

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 10:01:07AM +0100, Martin Kepplinger wrote:

> +	dw9714_dev->vcc = devm_regulator_get_optional(&client->dev, "vcc");
> +	if (IS_ERR(dw9714_dev->vcc)) {
> +		dev_dbg(&client->dev, "No vcc regulator found: %ld\n",
> +			PTR_ERR(dw9714_dev->vcc));
> +		dw9714_dev->vcc = NULL;
> +	}

To repeat my original feedback: unless the supply can be physically
absent you should use regulator_get().   The _optional variants are only
for cases where the supply might be physically absent.

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