linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] iio: core: Match iio_device_claim

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Message-Id: <DF97Z8HIH640.49M8GK9XPEXZ@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 13:44:35 -0500
From: "Kurt Borja" <kuurtb@...il.com>
To: "David Lechner" <dlechner@...libre.com>, "Kurt Borja"
 <kuurtb@...il.com>, "Jonathan Cameron" <jic23@...nel.org>
Cc: "Andy Shevchenko" <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>, "Lars-Peter Clausen"
 <lars@...afoo.de>, "Michael Hennerich" <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
 "Benson Leung" <bleung@...omium.org>, "Antoniu Miclaus"
 <antoniu.miclaus@...log.com>, "Gwendal Grignou" <gwendal@...omium.org>,
 "Shrikant Raskar" <raskar.shree97@...il.com>, "Per-Daniel Olsson"
 <perdaniel.olsson@...s.com>, Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@...log.com>,
 "Andy Shevchenko" <andy@...nel.org>, "Guenter Roeck" <groeck@...omium.org>,
 "Jonathan Cameron" <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
 <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 <chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] iio: core: Match iio_device_claim_*() semantics
 and implementation

On Sat Dec 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM -05, David Lechner wrote:
> On 12/27/25 12:14 PM, Kurt Borja wrote:
>> On Sat Dec 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM -05, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:45:21 -0500
>>> Kurt Borja <kuurtb@...il.com> wrote:
>>>
>
> ...
>
>>> Given earlier discussion about this one being rather more tricky
>>> to name than the claim_direct because claim_buffer sounds like
>>> we are grabbing the buffer, I'm not sure on the best naming to have
>>> here. iio_device_claim_buffer_m maybe?  Ugly though and
>>> these are super rare so maybe this isn't a particularly major
>>> concern.
>> 
>> Yes, it's a bit ugly, but as I proposed in the cover letter, if we go
>> for a full API rename, it shouldn't matter for now?
>> 
>> What do you think about that?
>> 
>> I'll go for iio_device_claim_buffer_m() if I can't think of something
>> better.
>
> iio_device_try_claim_buffer_mode()?
>

Yes, that's better.

-- 
 ~ Kurt