linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] regulator: dt-bindings: whitelist system-critical-regulator property for fixed-regulator

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Date:   Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:41:45 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] regulator: dt-bindings: whitelist
 system-critical-regulator property for fixed-regulator

On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 10:46:11AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Allow fixed-regulator to be marked as system-critical by whitelisting
> the 'system-critical-regulator' property.
> 
> This property indicating that the fixed-regulator is critical to system
> stability or functionality, aligning with the recent changes in the
> regulator core handling of under-voltage events for system-critical
> regulators.

Why would this need to be something we explicitly enable for a given
regulator?  Surely this is a property of the creativity of hardware
engineers rather than the regulator itself.

Also please avoid the use of the outdated terms whitelist and blacklist,
pass and block lists are often a good alternative.

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