linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 06/11] PCI: aardvark: switch to using devm_gpiod_get

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Date:   Mon, 5 Sep 2022 12:54:22 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 06/11] PCI: aardvark: switch to using
 devm_gpiod_get_optional()

On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 01:47:41PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 10:02 AM Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org> wrote:
> > On Sunday 04 September 2022 23:30:58 Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > I would like to stop exporting OF-specific devm_gpiod_get_from_of_node()
> > > so that gpiolib can be cleaned a bit, so let's switch to the generic
> > > device property API.
> > >
> > > I believe that the only reason the driver, instead of the standard
> > > devm_gpiod_get_optional(), used devm_gpiod_get_from_of_node() is
> > > because it wanted to set up a pretty consumer name for the GPIO,
> >
> > IIRC consumer name is not used at all.
> 
> It's. The user space tools use it as a label. So, GPIO line can have
> "name" (this is provider specific) and "label" (which is consumer
> specific, i.o.w. how we use this line).
> 
> ...
> 
> > > +             if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> > > +                     dev_err(dev, "Failed to get reset-gpio: %i\n",
> > > +                             ret);
> > > +             return ret;
> 
> I understand that in the input subsystem maintainer's hat you don't
> like dev_err_probe(), but it's a good case to have it here.

The driver currently does not use this API, so I elected not to
introduce it in this series.

Thanks,

-- 
Dmitry