Re: [PATCH] gpio: drop broken to_gpio_irq_chip() helper

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Mon Nov 12 2018 - 10:49:06 EST


pon., 12 lis 2018 o 15:11 Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
>
> Drop the broken to_gpio_irq_chip() container_of() helper, which would
> break the build for anyone who tries to use it.
>

Which is the usual problem with APIs nobody uses...

> Specifically, struct gpio_irq_chip only holds a pointer to a struct
> irq_chip so using container_of() on an irq-chip pointer makes no sense.
>
> Fixes: da80ff81a8f5 ("gpio: Move irqchip into struct gpio_irq_chip")
> Cc: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/gpio/driver.h | 5 -----
> 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
> index 2db62b550b95..21bff1f14fde 100644
> --- a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
> +++ b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
> @@ -166,11 +166,6 @@ struct gpio_irq_chip {
> */
> void (*irq_disable)(struct irq_data *data);
> };
> -
> -static inline struct gpio_irq_chip *to_gpio_irq_chip(struct irq_chip *chip)
> -{
> - return container_of(chip, struct gpio_irq_chip, chip);
> -}
> #endif
>
> /**
> --
> 2.19.1
>

Reviewed-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>