linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/8] gpiolib: remove legacy gpio

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Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:09:58 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] gpiolib: remove legacy gpio_export

On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 2:28 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> There are only a handful of users of gpio_export() and
> related functions.
>
> As these are just wrappers around the modern gpiod_export()
> helper, remove the wrappers and open-code the gpio_to_desc
> in all callers to shrink the legacy API.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij