Re: [PATCH v7 00/24] i2c mux cleanup and locking update

[Wolfram Sang]

> The problem with waiting until 4.8 with the rest of the series is that it
> will likely go stale, e.g. patch 22 ([media] rtl2832: change the i2c gate
> to be mux-locked) touches a ton of register accesses in that driver since
> it removes a regmap wrapper that is rendered obsolete. Expecting that
> patch to work for 4.8 is overly optimistic, and while patching things up

Okay, that can be argued, I understand that. So, what about this
suggestion: I pull in patches 1-15 today, and we schedule the rest of
the patches for like next week or so. That still gives the first set of
patches some time in linux-next for further exposure and testing whilst
the whole series should arrive in 4.7.

However, I need help with that. There are serious locking changes
involved and ideally these patches are reviewed by multiple people,
especially patches 16-19. I first want to say that the collaboration
experience with this series was great so far, lots of testing and
reporting back. Thanks for that already. Yet, if we want to have this in
4.7, this needs to be a group effort. So, if people interested could
review even a little and report back this would be extremly helpful.

> Third, should we deprecate the old i2c_add_mux_adapter, so that new
> users do not crop up behind our backs in the transition? Or not bother?

Usually it is fine to change in-kernel-APIs when you take care that all
current users are converted. But I am also fine with being nice and
keeping the old call around for a few cycles. It is your call.

> Fourth, I forgot to change patch 8 (iio: imu: inv_mpu6050: convert to
> use an explicit i2c mux core) to not change i2c_get_clientdata() ->
> dev_get_drvdata() as requested by Jonathan Cameron. How should I handle
> that?

I'll pull in the first patches this eveneing. You can choose to send me
an incremental patch or resend patch 8. I am fine with both, but it
should appear on the mailing list somehow.

> There are also some new Tested-by tags that I have added to my
> local branch but have not pushed anywhere. I'm ready to push all that
> to a new branch once you are ready to take it.

For the patches 1-15, I am ready when you are :)

Thanks,

   Wolfram

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