Re: [PATCH v2] gpiolib: Defer on non-DT find_chip_by_name() failure

From: Boris Brezillon
Date: Wed Jul 04 2018 - 03:17:30 EST


On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 00:18:19 +0200
Janusz Krzysztofik <jmkrzyszt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Avoid replication of error code conversion in non-DT GPIO consumers'
> code by returning -EPROBE_DEFER from gpiod_find() in case a chip
> identified by its label in a registered lookup table is not ready.
>
> See https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/30/176 for example case.
>
> Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Janusz Krzysztofik <jmkrzyszt@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changelog
> v2: fix typo (latar -> later) - thanks Boris and Andy for catching this
>
> I'm not sure if adding both Suggested-by: and Reviewed-by: heades both
> with the same person name is in line with good practices, please remove
> one if not.

I don't think that's a problem. Suggesting a solution and agreeing on
the implementation are 2 different things, so both are not mutually
exclusive IMO.