linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: add a common prefix to GPIO descriptor flags

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdaFj7okjN+n2+kRAopf17DV1QGV2mbmndVtDoi=GuqAug@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 23:53:33 +0200
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: add a common prefix to GPIO descriptor flags

On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:

> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
>
> While these flags are private within drivers/gpio/, when looking at the
> code, it's not really clear they are GPIO-specific. Since these are GPIO
> descriptor flags, prepend their names with a common "GPIOD" prefix.
>
> While at it: update the flags' docs: make spelling consistent, correct
> outdated information, etc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>

That's a good patch.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij