Re: [PATCH] regulator: Add devm_regulator_get()

From: Mark Brown
Date: Tue Jan 17 2012 - 05:41:54 EST


On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 07:39:58PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Add a resource managed regulator_get() to simplify regulator
> usage in drivers. This allows driver authors to "get and forget"
> about their regulators by automatically calling regulator_put()
> when the driver is detached.

So, I've gone ahead and applied this as it's obviously useful as-is but
it's obviously something that should have a bulk version - I'll probably
add that myself. We really ought to have release functions too in case
something wants to release the resource earlier, though I can't think
where you'd actually use those.
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