Re: [PATCH 02/11] gpiolib: introduce devm_fwnode_gpiod_get_index()

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Thu Sep 12 2019 - 05:48:30 EST


On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 8:52 AM Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> devm_fwnode_get_index_gpiod_from_child() is too long, besides the fwnode
> in question does not have to be a child of device node. Let's rename it
> to devm_fwnode_gpiod_get_index() and keep the old name for compatibility
> for now.
>
> Also let's add a devm_fwnode_gpiod_get() wrapper as majority of the
> callers need a single GPIO.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>

The patch is good because this is in line with Rusty Russells API
manifesto:

7. The obvious use is (probably) the correct one.
6. The name tells you how to use it.

It doesn't apply to my "devel" branch as of now:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-gpio.git/log/?h=devel

If you rebase this and the next patch and send them separately I
am willing to apply them already for v5.4 to easy your refactoring
work during the v5.5 cycle here, provided we try to fix up the old users
ASAP and delete the compatibility fallbacks in the near future.

Yours,
Linus Walleij