linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] drm: Add driver for Solomon SSD130X OLED displays

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Date:   Wed, 9 Feb 2022 13:43:13 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] drm: Add driver for Solomon SSD130X OLED displays

On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 10:03:10AM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:

> +	if (ssd130x->vbat_reg) {
> +		ret = regulator_enable(ssd130x->vbat_reg);
> +		if (ret) {
> +			dev_err(dev, "Failed to enable VBAT: %d\n", ret);
> +			return ret;
> +		}
> +	}

Unless the device supports power being physically omitted regulator
usage should not be optional, it's just more code and a recipie for poor
error handling.

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