[PATCH] gpio: legacy: mark old interfaces as deprecated in kernel docs

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Thu Jan 04 2024 - 13:20:46 EST


From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>

We've recently had someone try to use of_get_named_gpio() in new code.
Mark legacy interfaces as deprecated in kernel docs to avoid any
confusion.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-legacy.c | 12 ++++++++++++
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-legacy.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-legacy.c
index 97f4b498e343..b138682fec3d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-legacy.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-legacy.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@

#include "gpiolib.h"

+/*
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
+ */
void gpio_free(unsigned gpio)
{
gpiod_free(gpio_to_desc(gpio));
@@ -17,6 +20,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_free);
* @gpio: the GPIO number
* @flags: GPIO configuration as specified by GPIOF_*
* @label: a literal description string of this GPIO
+ *
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
*/
int gpio_request_one(unsigned gpio, unsigned long flags, const char *label)
{
@@ -53,6 +58,9 @@ int gpio_request_one(unsigned gpio, unsigned long flags, const char *label)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_request_one);

+/*
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
+ */
int gpio_request(unsigned gpio, const char *label)
{
struct gpio_desc *desc = gpio_to_desc(gpio);
@@ -69,6 +77,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_request);
* gpio_request_array - request multiple GPIOs in a single call
* @array: array of the 'struct gpio'
* @num: how many GPIOs in the array
+ *
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
*/
int gpio_request_array(const struct gpio *array, size_t num)
{
@@ -92,6 +102,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_request_array);
* gpio_free_array - release multiple GPIOs in a single call
* @array: array of the 'struct gpio'
* @num: how many GPIOs in the array
+ *
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
*/
void gpio_free_array(const struct gpio *array, size_t num)
{
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
index 402f7d99b0c1..ad8e75db68b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-of.c
@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@ static struct gpio_desc *of_get_named_gpiod_flags(const struct device_node *np,
* @propname: Name of property containing gpio specifier(s)
* @index: index of the GPIO
*
+ * **DEPRECATED** This function is deprecated and must not be used in new code.
+ *
* Returns GPIO number to use with Linux generic GPIO API, or one of the errno
* value on the error condition.
*/
--
2.40.1