linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] checkpatch: warn about use of legacy_static

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdZtxVSn9D-ro9mjYU=yv0FjE=BO=vPmObT=8=x9coCy5A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:37:07 +0100
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, 
	Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>, Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>, 
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>, 
	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>, 
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>, 
	Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@...rulasolutions.com>, Haibo Chen <haibo.chen@....com>, 
	Catalin Popescu <catalin.popescu@...ca-geosystems.com>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, imx@...ts.linux.dev, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] checkpatch: warn about use of legacy_static_base

On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de> wrote:

> gpio_chip::legacy_state_base was recently added as opt-out for
> existing drivers and shouldn't be used for new drivers. It's thus
> sensible to add a deprecation warning whenever it's used.
>
> This doesn't fit with the existing deprecated API check, because it
> requires a `(' to follow the symbol name, so a new member specific
> pattern is introduced instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>

Thanks Ahmad, much appreciated!!
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij