Re: [PATCH 30/36] pinctrl: remove old GPIO helpers

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Wed Oct 04 2023 - 04:49:40 EST


On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 5:21 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 5:51 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Old variants of pinctrl GPIO helpers are no longer used. Let's remove
> > them as well as convert all static functions in pinctrl/core.c that
> > still deal with global GPIO numbers to using the gpio_chip + offset
> > pairs.
>
> This patch does three thighs as I see it.
>

I'd argue it just fold the code that lived in old functions into the new ones...

> First of all, it silently converts to RAII. Please, do this separately.

... and while at it, it already switches to SBRM because why copy outdated code.

> Second, it shuffles a lot of code between old and new implementations.
> What I prefer to see is what the subject tells: only "-" (minus)
> lines.
> Third, it will become easier if you name the "new" functions better to
> begin with, it will help a lot here.
>

I'll wait for Linus to tell me if he prefers one big squashed commit
or a fine-grained history (I prefer the latter) before spending time
splitting this commit.

Bart

> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko