linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/21] gpiolib: reluctantly provide gpio_device_get

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdazRyhqHhH+Ock3U0wFRkd_U5QUTZmOeTFoXx-Pe_jCRw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 7 Sep 2023 09:19:09 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc:     Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
        Janusz Krzysztofik <jmkrzyszt@...il.com>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dipen Patel <dipenp@...dia.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Mark Gross <markgross@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, timestamp@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/21] gpiolib: reluctantly provide gpio_device_get_chip()

On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 8:53 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:

> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
>
> The process of converting all unauthorized users of struct gpio_chip to
> using dedicated struct gpio_device function will be long so in the
> meantime we must provide a way of retrieving the pointer to struct
> gpio_chip from a GPIO device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>

Yeah, sigh. Maybe add a notice to drivers/gpio/TODO that this needs
to happen long time.

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

Yours,
Linus Walleij