linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v4 5/6] ARM: pxa: Convert gumstix Bluetooth to GPIO descriptors

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Date:   Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:52:56 +0200
From:   Duje Mihanović <duje.mihanovic@...le.hr>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc:     Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v4 5/6] ARM: pxa: Convert gumstix Bluetooth to GPIO
 descriptors

On Monday, October 2, 2023 9:42:52 AM CEST Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> This changes the way this code works. You release the descriptor here,
> it returns to the driver and can be re-requested by someone else. Its
> value is also not guaranteed to remain as "active". Is this what you
> want?

Good point. Is it enough to not call gpiod_put() at the end or is it necessary 
to use a static gpio_desc instead of a local one?

Regards,
Duje