On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 10:18:19AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 03:19:06PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 07:36:43PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > > > A possible compromise: We can have both. We rename > > > platform_get_irq_optional() to platform_get_irq_silent() (or > > > platform_get_irq_silently() if this is preferred) and once all users are > > > are changed (which can be done mechanically), we reintroduce a > > > platform_get_irq_optional() with Sergey's suggested semantic (i.e. > > > return 0 on not-found, no error message printking). > > > > Please do not do that as anyone trying to forward-port an old driver > > will miss the abi change of functionality and get confused. Make > > build-breaking changes, if the way a function currently works is > > changed in order to give people a chance. > > Fine for me. I assume this is a Nack for Sergey's patch? This set of patches is going nowhere as-is, sorry. The thread is too confusing and people are not agreeing at all. greg k-h
