linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH 0/2] gpio: don't compare raw GPIO descriptor pointers directly

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Message-ID: <174418566616.17540.8349820040396705264.b4-ty@linaro.org>
Date: Wed,  9 Apr 2025 10:01:10 +0200
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH 0/2] gpio: don't compare raw GPIO descriptor pointers directly

From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>


On Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:08:13 +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> Handling of shared GPIOs in the kernel needs some improvements. Let's
> start with a simple change of not comparing GPIO descriptor pointers
> directly as there's nothing that guarantees that the same physical pin
> will always be represented by a single GPIO descriptor obtained by
> calling gpiod_get().
> 
> For merging: I suggest to take patch 1/2 through the GPIO tree and
> provide an immutable tag for the regulator tree.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/2] gpio: provide gpiod_is_equal()
      https://git.kernel.org/brgl/linux/c/265daffe788aa1cc5925d0afcde4fe6e99c66638

Best regards,
-- 
Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>