linux-kernel - Re: [RFT PATCH 14/21] hte: tegra194: don't access struct gpio

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Message-ID: <CACRpkda9=VULj4Cy_sit-UpUQnVEbS-RJKAeULVCw8ZCRTq1sw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 7 Sep 2023 09:28:17 +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: [RFT PATCH 14/21] hte: tegra194: don't access struct gpio_chip

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

> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
>
> Using struct gpio_chip is not safe as it will disappear if the
> underlying driver is unbound for any reason. Switch to using reference
> counted struct gpio_device and its dedicated accessors.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>

As Andy points out add <linux/cleanup.h>, with that fixed:
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

I think this can be merged into the gpio tree after leaving some
slack for the HTE maintainer to look at it, things look so much
better after this.

Yours,
Linus Walleij