Re: [PATCH] gpio: don't WARN() on NULL descs if gpiolib is disabled

[Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

wt., 16 lip 2019 o 23:46 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
>
> On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 4:20 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > wt., 9 lip 2019 o 15:30 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
>
> > > I was thinking something like this in the stubs:
> > >
> > > gpiod_get[_index]() {
> > >     return POISON;
> > > }
> > >
> > > gpiod_get[_index]_optional() {
> > >    return NULL;
> > > }
> >
> > This is already being done.
>
> Ah it is.
>
> > > This way all gpiod_get() and optional calls are properly
> > > handled and the semantic that only _optional calls
> > > can return NULL is preserved. (Your patch would
> > > violate this.)
> > >
> >
> > Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't quite see how my patch
> > violates this behavior. :(
>
> I missed that we actually do pass a poison from the strict
> *get functions, mea culpa.
>
> Let's apply this, will you send me a pull request or shall I
> just try to apply it?
>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

I'll apply it to my local tree and send it for v5.3-rc2.

Bart