linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/12] regulator/core: regulator_bulk

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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:01:28 +0900
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/12] regulator/core: regulator_bulk_get: remove
 redundant NULL stores

On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 04:45:28PM +0200, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> On error, callers of regulator_bulk_get() pass the error up and don't
> use the pointers in consumers[]. The function is documented to release
> all regulators if any request fails.

This doesn't seem good from a robustness point of view and should be
nowhere near a fast path.

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