Re: [PATCH 09/21] gpiolib: reluctantly provide gpio_device_get_chip()

Linus Walleij <[email protected]> Thu, 7 Sep 2023 09:19:09 +0200

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On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 8:53 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <[email protected]>
>
> The process of converting all unauthorized users of struct gpio_chip to
> using dedicated struct gpio_device function will be long so in the
> meantime we must provide a way of retrieving the pointer to struct
> gpio_chip from a GPIO device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <[email protected]>

Yeah, sigh. Maybe add a notice to drivers/gpio/TODO that this needs
to happen long time.

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <[email protected]>

Yours,
Linus Walleij